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RedRocker
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Nevada here.

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Hello all you desert rats! I'm in Las vegas. Pretty much a poser-I don't even have 4 wheel drive. But I love to hike, and i'm planning on a trip out to Death Valley to do Telescope Peak eventually. In the meantime, I'm wandering around the local hills here in the southwest Vegas valley. In the Red Rock Canyon area. Just wanted to introduce myself. Inmy 50's like many of you, but fortunately my feets ain't failed me yet!! Take care.

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No need to have a 4x4 to have a good time in the back country. Welcome to the board.
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Plenty of great desert to hike down there without 4x4....enjoy
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Howdy and welcome to the board. In the middle of the Redrocks Loop, there is a 4wd trail that heads into the mountains. I've been up that trail quite a ways and it does go through to Pahrump I think. It's mighty beautiful up there. You might want to check it out. You can park at the trail head or drive on up in there with a 4wd vehicle. Here are some pics of the area.
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Welcome Neighbor,

I'm in the Northwest of the Valley right off the 95 just below the mount Charleston turn off so I spend lot of time Hiking up on Mount Charleston in the summer above the Heat, and winters exploring Death Valley



As LarryW referred to the trail through off the Red Rock Canyon Loop through the Road Rocky Gap or Potato Ridge as some people call It comes out through Lovell Canyon Rd comes out on to highway 160 to Pahrump 7 miles below Mountain Springs pass.

Nevada Lot's to explore out there....
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The Red Rocks trail up over the pass into Pahrump has some pretty nasty rock gardens in it now.. It also has some great rough bypasses for the Jeeps.. :mrgreen:
desert4wd wrote:Sometimes you have to put up with nature's extremes to get away from peoples extremes...
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B-Spec wrote:The Red Rocks trail up over the pass into Pahrump has some pretty nasty rock gardens in it now.. It also has some great rough bypasses for the Jeeps.. :mrgreen:

That Road is tore up bad and the by pass roads are getting worse dose not need to be that way, sure mother nature helps. this will give the BLM another excuse to close that road too sadly, This not use to be that way in the 70s I remember driving my 55 Chevy Bel air up that road to the pass, last time up I busted a spider gear in My Toyota FZJ80 I blame It on all the Knuckle heads that can't stay off the skinny pedal, they put way too effort in driving there 4X4s and just make us all look bad :( hiJack Over....
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Nojeep wrote:
B-Spec wrote:The Red Rocks trail up over the pass into Pahrump has some pretty nasty rock gardens in it now.. It also has some great rough bypasses for the Jeeps.. :mrgreen:

That Road is tore up bad and the by pass roads are getting worse dose not need to be that way, sure mother nature helps. this will give the BLM another excuse to close that road too sadly, This not use to be that way in the 70s I remember driving my 55 Chevy Bel air up that road to the pass, last time up I busted a spider gear in My Toyota FZJ80 I blame It on all the Knuckle heads that can't stay off the skinny pedal, they put way too effort in driving there 4X4s and just make us all look bad :( hiJack Over....
I took my Xterra over it about 2 years ago from the Vegas side and I thought I was going for a scenic drive.. I ended up denting the crap out of the door just trying to get down the trail.. . It was all new to me at the time and I was not aware of all the knuckle heads that were thrashing the place.. That sucks..
desert4wd wrote:Sometimes you have to put up with nature's extremes to get away from peoples extremes...
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