Pyramid Peak and Desert Wildflowers

An 8.8 mile loop hike in Lake Mead Area, Nevada. There is no trail.

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March 17, 2008


86Pyramid Arch and Lake Mead

87Bigelow Monkey Flower

88Lesser Mohavea

89Beavertail Cactus

90Booth Pinnacle in the back

91With Pyramid Arch

92Arch

93Vistas

94Mystery plant

95

96Bonelli Peak in distance

97Booth Pinnacle

98Arch Mountain

99Guardian Peak

100Boulder Peak

101Pyramid Arch

102Arch and Lake Mead

103Off to Pyramid Peak

104Look back at Booth Pinnacle

105To Pyramid

106Booth Pinnacle

107Booth and Lake Mead

108At the saddle

109Pyramid ridge and summit

110Pyramid summit block

111On route to ridgeline

112Desert Tobacco

113Desert Tobacco

114Desert Tobacco blooms

115Virgin Basin of Lake Mead

116On Pyramid ridge

117On the ridge

118On the ridge

119Summit in the back

120Looking ahead

121Looking ahead

122Looking back at ridge

123Summit block

124On route to summit

125Look back at ridgeline

126Pyramid ridge and Booth

127View of Overton Arm of Lake Mead

128View of Virgin Basin

129On route to summit

130Almost there

131Almost there

132Summit and Muddies in distance

133On the summit

134Rock Daisy

135Summit shot

136Guardian Peak and Arch Mtn

137Arch Mountain view

138Summit shot

139Start of Narrows and Virgin Basin

140Virgin Basin

141Summit shot

142Summit shot

143Booth Pinnacle and Overton Arm

144Summit shot

144View of descent route

145Summit vistas

146Zooming in on Arch Mountain

147Descending

148Descending

149Yellow Cups Fields

150Surrounded by Yellow Cups

151Yellow Cups fields

152Wildflower fields

153The hike out among wildflowers

154Buddies

155Ants Hill

156Desert Dandelions

157The hike out among wildflowers

158Vistas on the way back

159The hike out

160The hike out

161Purple Mat

162Hiking back

163Desert Trumpet

164Pygmy Cedar

165

166GPS trace of our route

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168Profile of the route