Date: 3/3/2007
Distance: 5.0
Elevation: 420
Location: Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Who Tagged Along: Amy, Cami, Taryn
This is probably the coolest hike we have been on to date. We started out by hiking 1.5 miles along an old mine road. The road heads into a pocket of hills and ends by descending into the Lovell wash.
As we hiked up the wash, we could see many different mines and even ventured 20 ft into one of them were it ended and another shaft headed upwards at a 40 degree angle.Along with the mines, there was some left over mining tracks, debris and other things. Others on the trails told us the mines were used to look for gems such as opals.
The wash continued for a little way and then entered into the narrows. Going into the narrows, I carried Cami on my back, which made jumping over pools of water and climbing over rocks very interesting.
At places, the narrows closed to within 5 feet with sheer vertical walls...very cool.
We hiked to the end were it opened back up into the wash and took a snack break. On the way back, Cami got to hike back. It was fun to watch her jump from rock to rock and over the pools of water. Of course I was holding her hand to cushion and control her landing. In many spots, she simply jumped and relied on me to make sure it went OK. She is a regular little mountain goat at heart, she just needs a little more coordination.
We all really enjoyed the narrows and the rest of our hike. Our only regret was not bringing flashlights with us so we could go into some of the other mines.
Cami and I towards the beginning of the narrows
My girls coming down -this gives a good view of the narrows
Amy and Taryn coming down
Cami is a little mountain goat!
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