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| Matthew Holliman | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I would imagine he's referring to the standard DPS route, which I think is also the one described in Kathy's route page ("From Daylight Pass Road"). There are two class 3 dry falls encountered along the way. (I suppose these might be bypassed by leaving the wash, to keep it all class 2, but I'm not sure). | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2006 1:04 pm | ||
| 1000Pks | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Having done the peak 3X, only being off route or using the old DPS directions would put you on any class 3. If you try the chute to the right of the prominent saddle between the peak and sub-promontory to the west, it'll be a short segment to get over. This is not a dry waterfall, though. Once an intermittent good use trail led to the saddle, and there is some rough class 2 to the top from there. The rock is brittle and often sharp. Very treacherous for novices, and the uninitiated. And I wouldn't give such precise numbers since there are many ways hikers can go, and assuming measurement to the hundredth of a mile, that distance is something only a GPS owner would claim! | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2006 2:06 pm | ||
| Grand Canyon Dan | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | -Corkscrew Peak is 7.59 miles round trip. -There are several sections of Class 3 scrambling | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2005 7:57 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I would imagine he's referring to the standard DPS route, which I think is also the one described in Kathy's route page ("From Daylight Pass Road"). There are two class 3 dry falls encountered along the way. (I suppose these might be bypassed by leaving the wash, to keep it all class 2, but I'm not sure). | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2006 1:04 pm | ||
| 1000Pks | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | Having done the peak 3X, only being off route or using the old DPS directions would put you on any class 3. If you try the chute to the right of the prominent saddle between the peak and sub-promontory to the west, it'll be a short segment to get over. This is not a dry waterfall, though. Once an intermittent good use trail led to the saddle, and there is some rough class 2 to the top from there. The rock is brittle and often sharp. Very treacherous for novices, and the uninitiated. And I wouldn't give such precise numbers since there are many ways hikers can go, and assuming measurement to the hundredth of a mile, that distance is something only a GPS owner would claim! | |
| Posted Jan 16, 2006 2:06 pm | ||
| tarol | Entrance Fee is now $20 | |
Hasn't voted | $10 if you're arriving on foot or on bike... More info | |
| Posted Nov 17, 2006 4:59 pm | ||
| MoapaPk | Beatty stopsign, routes | |
Voted 10/10 | Coming from Vegas: I never saw a stoplight in Beatty. There is a stopSIGN where one turns left (S). From the stopsign, it is 19 miles on the paved road to the point where one hits the trail. However, the highway shoulders are quite narrow there, so you might wish to park at ~18.7 or 18.8 miles on the wide right (NW) shoulder, then walk down the road 0.2-0.3 miles to start the hike. Hike: I took the ridge route up (sort-of Wingding's eastern route on the map), and the traditional wash back down. While the wash is clearly much better used, I preferred the ridge route -- also no need to exceed class 2 on the ridge. On descent in the wash, I came across several class 3 dryfalls, and though I went down them for fun, there wasn't a single one that could not be avoided by a slightly longer class 2 route (usually on the W side). (I started descent too high in the wash, and came across a few "off budget" dryfalls.) | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2007 12:36 am | ||
| MoapaPk | new? stoplight | |
Voted 10/10 | I now see a red, flashing, single buld "stop" light in addition to the stopsign in Beatty at the us 95 turn. | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2007 7:15 pm | ||
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| cp0915 | Re: new? stoplight | |
Hasn't voted | Yes, correct. Thanks, Harlan. | |
| Posted Jul 12, 2007 9:29 am | ||
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