Charleston Peak, NV

We took on the challenge of hiking to the highest summit in Southern Nevada, Charleston Peak in the Spring Mountain Range. There is a traditional North/South Loop trail that takes 18 miles to reach the nearly 12,000ft peak. We chose to hike via an unmarked route from Wallace Canyon on the west side of the mountain versus the marked trail on the east side of the mountain.  Our hike was going only going to be approximately 6 miles roundtrip, however, it was going to gain all 4,000ft of elevation within the first 3 miles up.

We made it! For sections of the hike, we rock scrambled up and  slid down on our bums, but we made it in 8 hours! Whew!