Hiking Around Las Vegas, Lake Mead NRA, Black Canyon Wilderness Area
 Departing Colorado River Overlook (view W) |
Overview The Colorado River Overlook makes for a nice, close-to-town, 4-mile hike down Boy Scout Canyon. The first 2.2 miles can be driven (Boy Scout Canyon Road) in a 4WD vehicle, but the remaining 1.8 miles is a hike in the Black Canyon Wilderness Area. From the 4WD trailhead, the route runs down Boy Scout Canyon for about 1.5 miles. Just before the wash enters a deep, narrow gorge where the canyon runs down to a 330-foot pour-over, the Colorado River Overlook route exits the wash to the south. The route follows a use-trail up and east to the overlook that provides great views of the Wilderness area, the Colorado River, water, and green vegetation in the bottom of Boy Scout Canyon far below. Presented here are photos of the return. For a detailed description of the route, including directions, maps, GPS coordinates, and photos, see Colorado River Overlook. |
 Summit (view NW towards 330-ft pour-over) |
 Quite a drop on the right (view N, down to Boy Scout Hot Spring) |
 Hiker on more gentle terrain (view SW) |
 Returning to the the wall of arches (view W) |
 Holes in the narrow top of the ridge (view NW) |
 Returning to the first overlook (view NW) |
 The first overlook (view W) |
 Faint use-trail across the rocky ridge (view SW) |
 Hiker arriving atop the steep hillside (view W) |
 Hiker descending the steep hillside (view SW) |
 Hiker approaching the ravine (view SW) |
 Across the ravine, looking towards the main wash (view N) |
 Fork in the use-trail; right is easier, hiker going left (view NW) |
 Hiker scrambling down boulder field (higher than it looks) |
 Hiker descending boulder field (view S) |
 Hiker below boulders, which is the edge of the main wash (view SW) |
Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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