Approaching a crazy intersection (view W) |
Two lanes right to Mt. Charleston (view W) |
Stoplight at the crazy intersection (view W) |
Of the two right lanes, right lane becomes exit only (view NW) |
Merge left into one lane to Mt. Charleston (view NW) |
Hard to tell where to go: hope for the best - go straight (view NW) |
The middle lane seems to be the lane to Mt. Charleston (view W) |
Approaching Frontage Road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road "park and ride" is now blocked off (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road "park and ride" is probably gone forever |
Sign: speed limit 55 mph |
Sign: Campgrounds 17 miles; Mt Charleston Village 19 miles |
Sign: No gas available on mountain (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Rd; low-elevation Mojave Desert Scrub |
Kyle Canyon Road in the low desert Mojave Desert Scrub |
Kyle Canyon Road in the low desert Mojave Desert Scrub |
Kyle Canyon Road, fire danger sign |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Red Rock Canyon NCA boundary sign |
Kyle Canyon Rd at Red Rock Canyon NCA boundary sign |
Red Rock Canyon NCA boundary sign (view W) |
Red Rock Canyon NCA boundary sign (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road, dropping into Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road in the low desert Mojave Desert Scrub |
Kyle Canyon Road in Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road in Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road in Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road in Kyle Wash; hoodoos on left (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road in Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road in Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road leaving Red Rock Canyon NCA (view W) |
Red Rock Canyon NCA boundary sign (looking back, view W) |
Red Rock Canyon NCA boundary sign (looking back, view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Spring Mountains NRA boundary sign |
Kyle Canyon Road at Spring Mountains NRA boundary sign (view W) |
Spring Mountains NRA boundary sign (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching uphill chain-up area (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Rd at downhill chain-up area (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Harris Springs Road sign (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Rd at Harris Springs Road sign (view W) |
Sign: Harris Springs Road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Harris Springs Road (at left) |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Harris Springs Road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Harris Springs Road (view S) |
Past Harris Springs Road, road enters Carpenter One Fire zone |
Trees on both sides of the road burned in Carpenter One Fire |
Sign: watch for wildlife on the road (view W) |
Sign: watch for wildlife on the road (view W) |
Carpenter One Fire results are patchy on the edge (view SW) |
Carpenter One Fire results: most trees died here (view SW) |
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland after Carpenter One Fire (view W) |
Sign: winding curves ahead (view W) |
Edge of the Carpenter One Fire, at least along the road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road beyond the
Carpenter One Fire (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road; getting to the tall-tree zone |
Kyle Canyon Road at Lower Telephone Canyon Trailhead (arrow) |
Kyle Canyon Road (Fletcher Peak on the left) |
Kyle Canyon Road begins divided highway (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road with wide median strip (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road back to narrow median strip (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching round-about (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road at round-about (view W) |
Entering round-about, visitor center is 3/4-ths around (view SW) |
Kyle Canyon Road entering round-about (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Step Ladder Trailhead Road (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road in round-about (view NW) |
Step Ladder Trailhead Road (view N from Kyle Canyon Road) |
Kyle Canyon Road stays straight through round-about (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road stays straight through round-about (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road exiting the round-about (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road at The Resort on Mount Charleston, on left |
Kyle Canyon Road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Deer Creek Road (view W) |
Deer Creek Road (view N from Kyle Canyon Road) |
Kyle Canyon Road enters the Ponderosa Pine Forest |
Kyle Canyon Road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Kyle Canyon Picnic Area sign (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Kyle Canyon Campground |
Kyle Canyon Campground (view S from Kyle Canyon Road) |
Sign: caution -- pedestrians on roadway (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Fletcher Canyon Trailhead (view W) |
Approaching Fletcher Canyon Trailhead overflow parking (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Fletcher Canyon Trail sign (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Fletcher Canyon overflow parking, on left |
Kyle Canyon Road at Fletcher Trailhead overflow parking (view SW) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Fletcher Canyon Trail crosswalk |
Kyle Canyon Rd at Fletcher Canyon Trail: watch for hikers crossing! |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching main Fletcher Canyon Trailhead parking |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching main Fletcher Canyon Trailhead parking |
Kyle Canyon Road at main Fletcher Canyon Trail parking |
Main Fletcher Canyon Trail parking (view S from
Kyle Canyon Road) |
Kyle Canyon Road (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Fletcher View Campground sign (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Fletcher View Campground (view W) |
Fletcher View Campground (view S from Kyle Canyon Road) |
Kyle Canyon Road at 7,000-foot elevation sign |
Kyle Canyon Road (view W) |
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Kyle Canyon Road approaching Rainbow Subdivision (private property) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Rainbow Canyon Blvd (at left) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Rainbow Canyon Blvd (at left) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Ponderosa Pine Drive (at left) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Ponderosa Pine Drive (at left) |
Kyle Canyon Road with good view of Cathedral Rock |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Stanley B Springs Trailhead |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Stanley B Springs Trailhead |
Kyle Canyon Road at Stanley B Springs Trailhead |
Stanley B Springs Trailhead (view N from Kyle Canyon Road) |
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Speed drop from 35 to 25 mph |
Kyle Canyon Road |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Old Town |
Kyle Canyon Road at Old Town (elementary school at left) |
Watch for driveways entering onto the highway |
Watch for a fire station |
Approaching main turn into Old Town (note public library sign) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Old Town fire station |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching main turn into Old Town |
Kyle Canyon Road at Old Town fire station |
Kyle Canyon Road continues past Old Town (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road |
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Kyle Canyon Road approaching Echo Road (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Echo Road (view NW) |
Directional sign at intersection (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Echo Road (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road crosses bridge over Kyle Wash (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road leaving the hairpin turn (view S) |
Kyle Canyon Road climbs after the hairpin turn (view SE) |
Kyle Canyon Road (view SE) |
Kyle Canyon Road |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Cathedral Rock Trail overflow parking |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching a public pullout, on the left (view SE) |
Kyle Canyon Road passing condo units (view S) |
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Approaching the Mt. Charleston Lodge area (view E) |
Entering the Mt. Charleston Lodge area (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Cathedral Rock Trailhead Road |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Cathedral Rock Trailhead Road |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Cathedral Rock Trailhead Rd (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Cathedral Rock Trailhead road sign (view E) |
Cathedral Rock Trailhead sign (view SE from Kyle Canyon Road) |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Cathedral Rock Trailhead Rd (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Cathedral Rock Trailhead Road |
Cathedral Rock Trailhead sign (view SE) |
Kyle Canyon Rd approaching Mt. Charleston Lodge (on left) |
Kyle Canyon Rd at Mt. Charleston Lodge sign (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Rd at Mt. Charleston Lodge entrance (view E) |
Mt. Charleston Lodge restaurant burned in 2021 (view NE) |
Mt. Charleston Lodge restaurant burned in 2021 (view N) |
Kyle Canyon Road forks onto one-way turn-around loop (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Road stays right into turn-around loop (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Road approaching Cathedral Rock Picnic Area (view E) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Cathedral Rock Picnic Area (view SE) |
Cathedral Rock Picnic Area (view S from Kyle Canyon Road) |
Kyle Canyon Road at Cathedral Rock Picnic Area sign (view SE) |
Cathedral Rock Picnic Area sign (view SE) |
Entrance to Cathedral Rock Picnic Area (view S) |
Fee booth at entrance to Cathedral Rock Picnic Area (view S) |
Fee schedule: poor people not wanted here (view S) |
Kyle Canyon Road loops back to the left (view NE) |
Kyle Canyon Road loops back to the left (view N) |
Kyle Canyon Road loops back past cell phone tower (view NW) |
Kyle Canyon Road loops back towards the Lodge (view W) |
Kyle Canyon Road returns to two-way traffic (view W) |