Return to Snoopy Nose, Red Rock (near Las Vegas, NV)

Harlan WS
March 24, 2018

I first heard about this hike Jan 01, 2001 from Eva Pollan. I first tried a route on Snoopy in 2004; in 2007 I reached the Forehead. In 2011 Chris M
and I explore a route to the Nose.

0map
Topo map with route,
my GPS. I took a different
chute for ascent than
the other folk.		 DSCN7194
View or Snoopy Nose
to W, from White Rock
Hills Peak. Route shown.		 DSCN7195
View of Snoopy Nose
to N, from near limestone
North Peak.
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Early in the "Three
Waterfalls" route
described in original
"Hiking Las Vegas."
Snoopy Nose upper R.		 DSCN7757
We soon pass the
end of "Three
Waterfalls" but the
gully stays clean		 DSCN7760
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"Barking Benji"
rock formation		 DSCN7764
El Padre peak to NE
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I went up a different
chute, then traveled
back N to find my
compadres		 DSCN7770 DSCN7772
They are almost at
the top of their own
experimental chute
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Folks head S on
knife edge		 DSCN7775 DSCN7776
Kevin over last bit
to Snoopy Nose
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I'm looking down
over 500' of cliffs
to Rocky Gap Road		 DSCN7783
View S to Peppe and
Tio Grande peaks		 DSCN7784
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View back S at Nose
as we head back on
knife edge		 DSCN7788
Kevin heads N on
knife edge		 DSCN7790
View back S
of other folks
on edge
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oops
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View back at two
chutes we took		 DSCN7796
Kevin espied this
nice ridge down