Cathedral Range W of Lake Mead, NV

Harlan W. S.
March 18, 2006

This hike is 8 miles by GPS, and can be class 2, if you don't climb the spires, and if you ascend a bit right of the top of the 869m peak. The hardest thing is the slog across 3 miles of up-and-down washes before you get to the actual climb. The starting point is only about 0.6 miles south on the Boathouse Cove road, from the intersection with Northshore Road. The true peak is not visible from the road; the east side of the peak is precipitous, and falls quickly down to the lake, giving splendid views of water N and S.

I had loaded many possible hikes into the GPS. On Boathouse Cove Road, we thought of going to Manganese Peak and the Booth Pinnacle-Pyramid hike, but I wasn't sure how far my Subaru would take us… so, we went here.

GPS trace. Take the northern routes for easier travel.	Heading up a wash,	Ram's horn. The skull was nearby.

On the left is the spire in the next few photos. To left of the spire is a mini-spire	Telephoto of mini-spire and spire.	CP on the mini-spire.

	Now we're on the big spire; not much room to back up and take a photo.	CP comes down the big spire.

At bottom of spire, a view NE toward Virgin Mts, which are in clouds.	Now we head over to true Cathedral Peak.	CP in distance, toward peak.

The N side of the peak is a big cliff.		On top 869m point; to R, across lake, is Bonnelli.

	Redstone Peaks are in back of my R hand and foot.

One of many dryfalls on our exploration S.	Steeper than it looks! The rock was stunningly crappy here, and kept exfoliating beneath my feet.