Oct 4, 2020

Trip Length: 2 Hikes
State: NV
Distance: 9.9 mi
Gain: 4,600 ft
ROUTE: Map
Peaks: 3

Hike 1
Hike 2

Mount Tobin

1.5 Miles, 1250 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
9,775 ft
4,831 ft
  • Pleasant Valley at sunrise.
  • Driving up Golconda Canyon.
  • Entering Vasco Ranch. The sign on the gate reads “Private Property Permission to Pass Revocable at Any Time”.
  • Sunrise from the road. The main road in Golconda Canyon was in good shape, but soon became steep 4WD after turning onto the side road leading to Mount Tobin.
  • 4WD road leading to Mount Tobin.
  • Sunrise over Needle Peak.
  • Continuing along the road.
  • One of the hills along the road. The steepest hill came just before reaching the base of Mount Tobin.
  • At the top of the steep hill. 4WD required to reach the top. I drove over to the saddle below Mount Tobin.
  • View back to where I parked.
  • Looking down the road.
  • Approaching the summit of Mount Tobin.
  • View southwest across Pleasant Valley. Granite Peak is visible in the distance.
  • View north from the summit.

Granite Mountain

8.4 Miles, 3350 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
8,419 ft
2,846 ft
8,339 ft
359 ft
  • View back to the 4WD road where I parked. The road is starting to get pretty overgrown in places.
  • Starting up the ridgeline toward Granite Mountain.
  • Forested ridgeline on the way up.
  • An open stretch of granite along the way.
  • Nearing the top of the ridge.
  • View back down the ridge.
  • Approaching Granite Mountain.
  • View north from the summit.
  • View east to Granite Peak.
  • Say Canyon to the north. There was an old trailer parked in the canyon that looked like it had been there for a long time.
  • View back to Granite Mountain from Granite Peak.
  • I went down the southwest ridge of Granite Peak to complete the loop. Granite Mountain in the distance.
  • Following the old road in Ladd Canyon back to the Jeep. The canyon was overgrown higher up, so I avoided that section by sticking to the ridge.
  • The road in Ladd Canyon had become single track in places.

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