Pyramid Peak and Desert Wildflowers

An 8.8 mile loop hike in Lake Mead Area, Nevada. There is no trail.

To view this slideshow click on first thumbnail and enjoy. To see our hike to nearby Booth Pinnacle click here

March 17, 2008


01Start of dirt road off Northshore Road

02On Boathouse Cove Road

03Yellow Cups and Phacelia by road

04Notch-Leaved Phacelia

05Yellow Cups and Phacelia

06Desert Pincushions

07Pincushion

08Yellow Cups

09On Boathouse Cove Road

10Peaks come to view

11Booth-left and Pyramid -right

12Purple Mat

13Lots of Desert Chicory around here

14Desert Chicory

15Chicory Blossoms

16Chicory Blossom

17Rose-purple veins of Chicory

18Look back at parking spot

19Yellow Cups and some Phacelia

20The approach

21Zooming in on Pyramid Peak

22Forget-Me-Not fields

23Scented Forget-Me-Not

24Sunrays

25Sunray up close

26With Sunrays

27Sunrays with a visitor

28Bee enjoying pollen

29With Sunrays

30Sunrays

31Looking ahead on route

32Mystery flowers

33Desert Sunflower

34Desert Sunflower

35Desert Sunflower

36Phacelia and Sunrays

37With Sunrays

38Sunrays

39Sunrays

40Sunrays

41Sunrays

42Mystery flowers

43The approach

44View of Booth and Pyramid

45Desert Five-Spot

46Bud of Desert Five-Spot

47Pyramid is in view

48Humble Gilia

49The size of Humble Gilia

50The approach

51With Prickly Poppy

52Looking back

53Mojave Prickly Poppy

54Mojave Prickly Poppy

55Mojave Prickly Poppy

56With Sunrays

57Booth, Pyramid and Sunrays

58Sunrays

59Lots of Sunrays here

60Sunrays

61Sunrays

62Sunrays

63Sunrays

64Yellow Cups

65With Dandelions

66Balancing Rock

67Dandelions

68Desert Dandelions

69Dandelions

70Desert Chicory

71Desert Chicory

72Notch-Leaved Phacelia

73The approach continues

74View of Booth Pinnacle

75Dandelions

76Dandelions

77Route to the saddle

78To the saddle

79To the saddle

80Approaching saddle

81Approaching saddle

82Zooming in on Pyramid Peak

83Descending to the arch

84Booth Pinnacle

85Booth Pinncale and Pyramid Arch