Peaks around Lake Mead, NV and AZ

Peaks around Lake Mead, NV and AZ:
Hoover Pk.; Willow Beach (WBP), Sarada Devi (SD), and Kenny; Salt Springs Mt. and Salt and Pepper Mt.

I realized I had nearly finished a "list" with no previous awareness of my status on the list, so I thought I'd finish and perhaps convince some friends to complete their lists. I normally avoid these areas because I hate driving across Vegas, especially since 2018. This was as much to practice driving as to climb. This was the first extended trip in 3 years where I had no visual disturbances (just a sore neck).

Pics by Harlan W S
Nov 16-21 2021

Hike map for Hoover. It was projected to be 75F by PM, with clouds in the morning, so I got down and left early.	zoomed-out map for context. TH is same for Goldstrike Hot Spr.	This tire has sidewall damage, should be checked.
When one sees the canyon wall steepen at R, start to look L for a route onto ridge with powerlines. It's a steep, loose climb out of the canyon.	View of Hoover Pk. from ridge to W, which is almost as high!	View E to Hoover, Mt. Wilson AZ in back.
Feldspar-rich pegmatite in andesites	View ~SE across Goldstrike canyon, to Fortress Butte and White Rock Canyon Peak in AZ	Some interesting peaks to S. About this time the clouds started to disipate and suddenly it felt warm.
View of Hoover Dam from peak, behind "new" i-11 bridge.		View N over "Rough BM," also known as "Preparation H Hill."
Sports bra drawn in for modesty.	Laszlo likes this hike.
Heading down from peak. There is an old use trail, no cairns, on NW side.	This is gully where people occasionally tear a hole in the fence. The fence has been fixed; bighorn is on the other side of fence.	Down S from ridge. I went a bit too far W before I descended back into Goldstrike Canyon.
I got a very early start the Willow Beach Pk (WBP) ridge. This is not the shortest route, but I like ridges and this minimized dusty driving. Sarada Devi (SD) has ~300' prominence, "Kenny" ~200' (from interp. of countour lines).	zoomed-out map for context	View N to Willow Beach, starting up the ridge.
WBP to W	Marina from SD	The register on SD had pens, and they were almost dry. PLEASE use pencils for registers!
WBP from way to Kenny.	Kenny on way up ridge
SD from Kenny		WBP from Kenny
	N to Colorado R from WBP.	View back SE over Kenny
Colorado R to WNW		SE to Malpais Mesa. Sports bra drawn in for modesty.
Spirit Mt. on R side Malpais Mesa	View N past WBP as I descend
Garnets in high- grade metamorphics	Gneiss wirh granitoid migmatite band.	View ~W to WBP. I almost came down over cliffs at L.
cat turds, possibly	Gneiss!	Stope block of dark gray metamorphics in granitoids
Garnets in gneiss	Stope block at L, coarse-grained granitoids (pink)	Where I entered and left gully at start and end of hike.
I camped at the base of Salt Spring Mt. that afternoon. The long drive through Dolan Springs took me past a failed housing development and acres of nut trees. Only the last 5 miles of road were slightly rough.	I've zoomed-out the map for context.	Prospect pit on way up. I later turned the pipe flat to protect birds.
	View NE; Bonelli at far L, Jumbo to R of Bonelli	SE over ?Garnet? Mt.
N, Temple Bar "temple" at R	NE	Hualapai Mts. to S.
Bonelli and Jumbo to NE		I slipped on schist talus and hit my elbow on a rock. This huge hematoma immediately formed.
	New windfarm SE of Temple Bar-- rte 93 junction	Hike to Salt n' Pepa Mountain.
Zoomed out for context	On good gravel Rd., Salt n' Pepa is the highpoint.	Copper Mt to SW from parking spot. Copper is actually nearly class 2 from the S.
Copper viewed near top of Salt n' Pepa	Familiar peaks to ~SE, RDT is Real Devil's Thumb.	Lake Mojave and Spirit to S

Dupont. I wish I'd gone, but the intense winds gave me pause	I came down under cliffs	Jumping cholla forest between me and car.