Nutt Highpoint, AZ (5216')

Harlan WS
April 01, 2016

This hike is inspired by nowhereman (BG, for old-time Nevada hikers), who supplied two critical waypoints. This is a way to shorten the long slog from the pass on rte 66, by traveling up the cliffs on the E side of Nutt BM. The last 1.7 miles of the road requires HC and careful driving; 4wd preferred.

GPX file is here. DON'T just click on the link; Right click on PC, or ctrl-click on Mac, or long-press on tablet, then "save (link) as" (or something similar).

Orientation map	The track for "hike."	I actually parked farther up The spire is actually a fin seen end-on.
Territory is rough; I wore approach shoes, which felt like bedroom slippers. I recommend hiking boots with better support.	I mistakenly went up to the gap at L; you want to go around cliff at R, to the NEXT embayment	DON'T go here
Above the correct cliff band, looking to the big break in cliffs. You will go L around the S side of the valley, above minor cliffs, to avoid the brush in the valley.	One way out of the valley involves dropping into a pour-off.	At the top of the valley, view back E. I came up the S side to avoid brush. Later I will go down the N side for comparison; it was looser.
After much ridge-walking, this seems to be the summit to NW. Actually, there is one more gap.		View SE to Nutt Temple.
View SW to Boundary Cone, where I was 10 days earlier.	View N from Summit	Nutt Temple to SE.
I remember that El Nino; 2015-16 is a bust by comparison.	Last entry., 3.5 months before
Another view of Boundary Cone	Descending now, must get to R side of the spire just L of center.	All roads lead to Hualapai Mts
delicate, tiny penstemons	Claret cup	Looking for another ascent route
	The cliff break from whence I came
random spire on S side	My car is don there	Strawberry hedgehog
Beavertail		April Fools! There was a traffic jam on 93/95 heading NW from Boulder City; took an extra hour. A guy trying to merge (who had the right-of-way) had been driven off the road and had plunged over 10'.