Pink Canyon and White Domes - 10.14.2019
Valley of Fire State Park is located an hour drive from Las Vegas... we paid the $10 entry fee... then parked just off of the White Domes Road at the 5th dip in the road after passing the visitor center... where the Kaolin Wash crosses the road.
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Each of the wash crossings are numbered... but the signs are close to the ground and not always obvious... and we did park at the 5th wash crossing.
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Pink Canyon is not really advertised by the park, but it literally begins right next to the road where we parked.
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Hiking up Pink Canyon.
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Denali Girl in the swirls of Pink Canyon.
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Continuing up Pink Canyon.
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Denali Girl is hiking up out of Pink Canyon... the canyon opens up some after less than a quarter-mile... I found out later that we were actually on part of the Seven Wonders Trail.
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A closer look at part of the previous photo.
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A pano shot of the terrain above Pink Canyon.
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Continuing on the Seven Wonders Trail.
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We have left the Seven Wonders Trail and headed cross-country to cross the White Domes Road to check out the rock on the other side of the road... I will scramble up the mound in the center foreground of the photo.
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Exploring the rock on the west side of the White Domes Road.
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Nearing the top of a big mound on the west side of the White Domes Road.
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A pano shot from my high point.
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Looking down at Denali Girl from my high point.
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Looking back at my high point.
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Looking south... luv the swirl below.
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I'm on top of the swirl in the previous photo... looking back at Denali Girl.
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A closeup of part of the swirl in the previous two photos.
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Looking back... we will reconnect with the Seven Wonders Trail that is visible on the left.
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Heading south on the Seven Wonders Trail.
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Earth tones!
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Denali Girl soaks up the amazing views.
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So much to see and so little time to do so.
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Continuing south in search of Kaolin Wash.
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Heading south for Kaolin Wash.
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Heading south for Kaolin Wash.
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Heading south for Kaolin Wash.
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We have found the place where the Seven Wonders Trail junctions with Kaolin Wash... we could go east here and follow the wash back to the car... but we decided to go west and follow the wash over to the White Domes.
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Hiking in Kaolin Wash and heading for the White Domes.
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Hiking in Kaolin Wash and heading for the White Domes.
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Hiking in Kaolin Wash and heading for the White Domes.
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Denali Girl and the White Domes.
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The White Domes.
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Looking back at the Kaolin Wash in the center of the photo... we will trace our steps back to the junction of the wash and the Seven Wonders Trail and then follow the wash back to our car.
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Hiking east in the Kaolin Wash on our way back to the car.
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Hiking east in the Kaolin Wash on our way back to the car.
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Hiking east in the Kaolin Wash on our way back to the car.
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Looking back toward the White Domes as we hike east in the Kaolin Wash.
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We have completed our loop hike... and no, the pink vehicle is not ours... the loop hike was 2.7 miles, gaining 489 feet of elevation.
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