Anonymous Grey Lumps (S of Rocky Gap Road)

pics by Harlan W. S.
Dec. 26, 2007

I saw these mountains across Rocky Gap Road two years ago, and decided to get a closer look. My real goal was to look at the back side of the Red Rock Escarpment, to plan for a future mondo hike.

100k topo map with GPS trace.	24k topo.	This is the remnant of an agave roasting pit used by the Amerinds.
View of snow on Griffith Peak.	After cresting the ridge, I see the highpoint (~7485’) to the N.	Panorama ~E; Bridge Mountain is the light tan sandstone peak near the center
View SE over limestone escarpment. Rainbow is at L; Wilson to R of Rainbow.	Snow-covered Telescope Peak is visible across Death Valley, to W.	On highpoint; Bridge is tan lump just R of center.
	Next lump to N.	View S to Potosi, just R of center. The N slopes were covered with cold, slippery snow. I don’t think it was above freezing all day for >6000’.
View N across Rocky Gap Road (RGP) valley. Labels are above Griffith (G), on Snoopy (S), above La Madre (LM) and Damsel (D).	The limestone escarpment looks smooth.
	Oops. I started down too early, to avoid brush, and hit cliff bands instead.	I find these signs about 100-200’ back from the road, typically in areas where no person could get a vehicle. I suspect the USFS puts them on the park boundary in inconspicuous places, simply because the obvious ones get torn down.