
Location map. Both
peaks can be done as
a dayhike from Vegas,
if you are in decent shape.
Be warned that it may take
well over an hour to drive
between them. |

The hike to Sugarloaf
starts on very eroded
spur off the old Kingman
Highway. |

Leave the spur road
for the gully/wash
to N |

View SSE down
the wash |

After the saddle,
head NE to the
base of the
Magic Chute |

The toughest part
of the chute is near
the base, where there
are a few big boulders
and loose debris. The
trees in the chute are
scrub oak, catclaws
and juniper. |

View back NW;
the top of the chute
is just R of the
pinnacle at L. |

The top had at least
15 old champagne
or spumanti bottles |
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View N as Tracy
comes up |

View NW over
Lake Mojave to
Potosi |
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View mainly SE
from summit |

Boundary Cone
is the dominant
peak at L,
2nd ridge. |

Our cars |

A chute near
the summit (on W
side). I'm looking
up, so it is steeper
than it seems. |

View S |

another chute |
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This a semi-crux
right above the tight
chimney, and to NE;
the base is flared,
tougher for short folk |

View back down
through Magic
Chute, just before
tight chimney |

Tracy struggles to
push his 6'7"
frame through
the tight chimney |

View NW from
inside tight chimney |

View back to NE
as we head down |
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Tracy had get back
home, so Anji and I
went around to
Boundary Cone. We
reached the summit in
less than an hour. |

The cone as seen
from the N. One
heads up the talus
sunlit slope to the
saddle. then L |
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View W, just
above saddle |
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Near top is a
vertiginous view
on SE side |

View ~N to
Battleship |

View S |

View ESE |

Back down, carefully
avoiding fallen "buds"
from jumping cholla |
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This is the class 3
crux, again steeper
than it looks |
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