Red and White Peak Wilderness HiPts, NV

Red and White Peak Wilderness HiPts, NV (S of Ely, near Currant Mt)

Harlan WS, Eric K
June 04, 2016

I had to bail on the 2nd day of this trip due to back issues. The driving was more taxing than the hiking! The route to Red had a confusing sign that suggested the start of the last spur road was the beginning of the wilderness boundary, and the end of driving; in reality, the wilderness boundary was a mile farther on. The road to White was up-and-down HC for many miles, only the last 2-3 requiring 4wd. Since the day was warm, we drove to about 500' below the summit.

Overview map. The roads between Red and White were decent, but with a lot of up-and-down.	Google Earth view of track on Red, from N. The S,E and W sides are very steep and full of large talus.	Map for Red.
Our campsite. This was a warm weekend, but by 4PM the shade made it comfortable.	Stream, irises, and yellow lupines in back of my car.	Partway up Red, view W to Currant. Currant is made of limestone/dolostone, while the reddish foothills are weathered rhyolites
	Anji nears the top.	Again, view W, Some igneous peaks right in front of Currant appear technical.
Anji logs in. View S	There was a largely unreadable wad of paper in a degraded plastic bag; I could make out "Simi Valley" so this may be from MacLeod and Lilley peak.	View S to a fuzzy Troy (L) and Blue Eagle (R)
View NNE back over camp area	Eric	Eric and Lori with the dogs
View ~SE	Mountain Ball cactus	The true wilderness boundary sign, at the pass W of Red
The peaks at lower L look very tough	Now at White. We drove somewhat harrowing roads to get to 9100', where it was just 78F.	This pic by Eric shows the benign roads on the last plateau. Getting to that point was more interesting.
	Currant Mt to S	Anji checks peakbagger
View N	View E to a snowy Wheeler Peak
	The vehicles that made it