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Vegas weekend hike

Posted on 8/15/24 at 7:00 pm
Posted by TROCKS50
Member since Jan 2013
1188 posts
Posted on 8/15/24 at 7:00 pm
Ill be in LV that Friday of LSU/USC with the early morning free. Is Valley of Fire or Red Rocks Canyon the better choice for a short hike? I know it will be hot and the hike short but id love to see the petroglyphs at VOF.
Posted by Junkyard Hog
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2019
362 posts
Posted on 8/15/24 at 10:08 pm to
I like VOF a lot better than Red Rock
Posted by metallica81788
NO
Member since Sep 2008
10064 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 7:16 am to
Red Rocks is a lot closer so depends on how much time you want to spend or how early to wake up
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
6968 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:12 pm to
Dont do either unless youre hiking by 6:30... Both are beautiful, VOF is better but further.
Posted by Tha crook
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2018
1135 posts
Posted on 8/17/24 at 3:41 am to
Hiking in august in the desert . No thanks .
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
14050 posts
Posted on 8/17/24 at 6:25 am to
Skip both and go to Mount Charleston. My BIL used to live in Vegas and said that was where the locals would go hiking because it was (relatively) cooler than anything else around.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38007 posts
Posted on 8/17/24 at 8:45 am to
This is correct. During the hotter months we would go to Mt Charleston and hike. The cooler months we would do Red Rock and Death Valley. Red Rock is less travel time and you can do the Calico Hills trail pretty easily. Bring a lot of water
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
27172 posts
Posted on 8/17/24 at 8:53 am to
Red Rocks will be VERY hot as there is little to no shade. The hike you want is 20 minutes further at Mt Charleston. I have done both this summer and Red Rocks is great but you need to be there at 6 am. Mt Charleston is at elevation and has trees and is a great hike. You park at 7500 feet (it was 76 degrees when I started) and can climb to 11K.

I almost died on the hike back at Red Rocks. It was brutal by 10AM
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 8/17/24 at 11:30 am to
The best hike is just on our side of the Hoover Dam.

https://www.theoutbound.com/arizona/hiking/hike-to-the-arizona-hot-springs
Posted by nola tiger lsu
Member since Nov 2007
6968 posts
Posted on 8/17/24 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

Mt Charleston


Absolutely. Said this earlier to someone in a conversation when I told them all the comments Im seeing abt hiking in Vegas for LSU weekend. Mt C is where you want to go. Full stop.
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
38007 posts
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:36 am to
Don't forget to stop at the lodge and get you a Mt Charleston coffee

Mt Charleston Lodge
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