Moapa Peak (6,471 feet), Nevada

A classic desert peak with a knife-edge ridge. 6.5 miles up and down; 3,351 feet elevation gain

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April 15, 2006

01Moapa Peak	02On route to the trailhead	03Desert Marigolds and Moapa Peak	04Desert Marigold	05Photo shoot
06On cattle ramp	07Our goal for today	08Lots of Marigolds around here	09And nice cacti	10We park here
11Blue Sage by trailhead	12Bee on route to enjoy sage	13Bee on Blue Sage	14The adventure begins here	15More Blue Sage
16Primroses and Moapa Peak	17Primrose	18Desert Marigolds	19On route to the wash	20On route to the wash
21Blue Sage smells great	22Close-up of Blue Sage	23On route to the wash	24Tiny cactus	25Close-up of the cactus
26By the wash we will hike up	27Pollinator on Marigold	28Photographing a butterfly	29Mormon Metalmark	30Mormon Metalmark
31More Primroses	32Wish you could smell them	33Indian Paintbrush grows here also	34On route up wash	35Desert Trumpet in bloom
36Mojave Spurge in the wash	37In the wash	38Phacelia	39On route up wash	40On route up wash
41Below the dryfall	42Climbing the dryfall	43Climbing the dryfall	44Side-blotched Lizard	45Globe Mallow
46On route to saddle	47View of the summit above	48Agave soon to bloom	49vistas from saddle	50Heading up from saddle
51Traversing to spot where we climb up	52We climb up here	53By a short climb	54On the way up	55On the way up
56Claret Cup	57Claret Cup	58On the way up	59Red Barrel Cactus and vistas	60On route to ridge

61On route to ridge	62Golden Forget-Me-Not	63On route to ridge	64On route to ridge	65On route to ridge
66On route to ridge	67Claret Cup Cactus	68Looking down to trailhead	69On the way up	70We will traverse below these cliffs
71Traversing below the cliffs	72Another golden Forget-Me-Not	73Golden Forget-Me-Not	74On route to ridge	75Below knife-edge ridge
76Below the ridge	77Vistas	78Mounting the ridge	79Mounting the ridge	80Knife-edge begins here
81Summit comes to view here	82Yoga on knife-edge ridge	83Yoga on knife-edge ridge	84On knife-edge	85On knife-edge ridge
86On knife-edge ridge	87On knife-edge	88On knife-edge	89On knife-edge	90On knife-edge
91On knife-edge	92On knife-edge	93On knife-edge	94On knife-edge	95On knife-edge
96Looking down from knife-edge	97On knife-edge	98Below the summit	99Almost there	100On the summit finally
101Self portrait on top	102On the summit	103On the summit	104View from the summit	105View from the summit
106View from the summit	107View from the summit	108Kangaroo Rat on the summit	109Kangaroo Rat	110Back on knife-edge
111Descending	112Descending	113Some more yoga	114On knife-edge	115On knife-edge
116On knife-edge	117Downclimbing the ridge	118Vistas on a descend