#elyblm — Public Fediverse posts

I had tried to stop by White River Narrows on my first pass, but things didn't go well. I tried again. It's kind of overwhelming when you do get to the right places. Perhaps I should have retreated to Narrows I at the end to help quiet the mind?

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/white-river-narrows.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #Nevada #CalienteBLM #ElyBLM #WhiteRiverNarrows #WhiteRiverNarrowsArchaeologicalDistrict #basinandrange #BasinandRangeNationalMonument #petroglyphs

Crystal Wash isn't exactly "full" of petroglyphs, but two clusters are on a rough interpretive trail and if you have the brochure, you might be able to find them. I did, and I did.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/crystal-wash-petroglyphs.html

#hiking #petroglyphs #desert #Nevada #ElyBLM #CalienteBLM #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #artifacts #getOutside #optOutside #landscapephotography #basinandrange

Let me introduce you to the simply named Big Rocks Wilderness, where there are some big rocks! I went along a few ravines/washes with the ostensible goal of reaching the high point. I only got so far, then stopped by the spring on the way back.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/big-rocks-wilderness-and-pahroc-spring.html

#hiking #Nevada #BigRocksWilerness #wilderness #ElyBLM #CalienteBLM #landscape #nature #getOutside #optOutside #bigrocks #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #mountains #spring #desert #basinandrange

Just a little flowing water in the desert and other minor walks in the big (pop nearly 1k!) city of Caliente, Nevada.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/meadow-valley-wash-linear-park.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #USA #Nevada #Caliente #citypark #linearpark #MeadowValleyWash #littlehikes #cemetery #geocaching #blogpost #CalienteBLM #ElyBLM #publiclands

Back to peak bagging with a stroll along the Silver State Trail (first nationally recognized… er… OHV trail) to the top of Grey Dome and back.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/grey-dome-sugarloaf.html

#Nevada #ElyBLM #CalienteBLM #SilverStateTrail #ChiefMountainOHVRecreationArea #ChiefMountainSouthTrailhead #GreyDome #Sugarloaf #hiking #peakbagging #peakbagger #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #mountains #desert

Just a quick stop for a little paleontology at the Oak Springs Trilobite Site. They are there!

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/oak-springs-trilobite-site.html

#Nevada #ElyBLM #CalienteBLM #OakSpringsTrilobiteSite
#hiking #landscape #nature #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #mountains #trilobites #fossils #paleontology #shorthike #desert #rocks

I also stopped for a bit to watch the birds near the spring associated with the corral near Shingle Pass.
Blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/shingle-spring-for-birdwatching.html

#nature #outside #birds #wildlife #birdwatching #Nevada #CalienteBLM #ElyBLM #ShinglePass #EganRange

I stopped by an old corral to make a trailless hike to the highest point of the Fat South Egans Wilderness. It is a rugged place, but folks have discovered a route that is very straightforward right to the top.

New blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/shingle-peak.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #mountains #peakbagging #Nevada #ElyBLM #CalienteBLM #peakbagger #trailfree #publiclands #FarSouthEgansWilderness
#FarSouthEgans

The final day in South Egan Range Wilderness, I headed up a peak erroneously identified as the high point on a trailhead sign. Though easy on one side, it is a high cliff on the other. I stopped to check on a spring first, then hiked a long way out with dark falling before I finished.

New post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/south-egan-alternate-peak.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #hike #outside #mountains #peakbagging #SouthEganRangeWilderness #ElyBLM #desert #peakbagger #backpacking #publiclands #cliffs

My second day backpacking the South Egan Range Wilderness, I climbed up the high point in the morning. That's Adams benchmark. Then I got back to Ninemile Canyon for water, then traveled down to Sheep Pass Canyon and found camp on a small branch.

New blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/south-egan-adams-benchmark.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #mountains #peakbagging #peakbagger #highpoint #SouthEganRangeWilderness #Nevada #BristleconeBLM #CalienteBLM #ElyBLM #backpacking #publiclands

I went backpacking in the South Egan Range Wilderness for three days, heading up to the top of a peak once for each. The first day was wandering up Ninemile Canyon and around the hills until the top of Ninemile Mountain, then off to camp near high plateaus.

New blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/south-egan-ninemile-canyon-and-mountain.html

#backpacking #hiking #nature #landscape #travel #outside #hike #mountains #peakbagging #Nevada #ElyBLM #SouthEganRangeWilderness #publiclands #wilderness #desert #getoutside #optoutside

Trotting across the ridges above Ely, Nevada, and a little poking around the garnets.

New blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/garnet-hill-and-ely-benchmark.html

#hiking #landscape #nature #hike #outside #travel #dayhike #mountains #peakbagging #peakbagger #ElyBLM #BristleconeBLM #GarnetHillRecreationArea #Nevada #publiclands

Really just the briefest of looks into the High Schells Wilderness from Cleve Creek Campground.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/cottonwood-springs-touching-high.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #mountains #peakbagging #peakbagger #Nevada #HumboldtNationalForest #HumboodtToiyabeNationalForest #ElyBLM #BristleconeBLM #HighSchellsWilderness #CleveCreek #CleveCreekCampground #HumboldtNF #HumboldtToiyabeNF

#SacramentoPassRecreationArea had one trail I hadn't gotten to try. Aimed at horses rather than mountain bikes, it started off trail-like enough, but is mostly signed along decaying roads. It does wander some pretty hills with a few nice views plus I discovered the American Discovery Trail on the way.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/weaver-creek-trail.html

#hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #dayhike #mountains #Nevada #ElyBLM #BristleconeBLM #trails #trailspotting #horsetrails

Following the solar eclipse, I took to wandering the looping trails found at the Sacramento Pass Recreation Area. For more information and pictures, the blog post is here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/sacromento-pass.html

#hiking #BristleconeBLM #ElyBLM #dayhike #landscape #Nevada #SacramentoPass #nature #SacramentoPassRecreationArea

Finally found a library that works, so got my eclipse photos up. Perhaps they are such that only a mother could love. I had fun. The post is here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/annular-eclipse-at-black-horse.html

#hiking #BristleconeBLM #ElyBLM #eclipse #solarEclipse #dayhike #Nevada #moonshadow #nature

Touring the cemetery and mining district of Black Horse, a vanished ghost town that was most active 1906-1913. The post is here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/10/black-horse-cemetery-and-mining-district.html

#hiking #Nevada #BristleconeBLM #ElyBLM #mining #cemetery #desert