ADAM HAYDOCK

Griffith Peak is a great 1/2 hike-trail run to the summit and back on a hot summer day. Its not far from LAs Vegas and you can get some pretty amazing views from the top.   There is a 10.2 and 3,500 ft gain out and back trail that takes you right to the peak. 

I went to check out this peak to search for Griffith peak Pit which is a cave somewhere on this mountain.  Unfortunately, I was not able to locate this cave but I think I am close.  

There is some great camping places at the upper ridge of this peak which is great practice for larger mountain trips in the area.   This peak sits right at 11,000 ft and change. 

Kronos cave is another horizontal cave discovery I made in Nevada earlier this year. 

This cave is around 120-150 feet of passage that is mostly walking. 

I was not the first one in this cave because I found a knife in the back of the cave 

Most caves in Nevada are kept quiet but if you are interested in learning more about Nevada caving please reach out to me directly. 

Waking up to a group of homies that multiplied, We were a small committee. 

We had quite the massive group to be entering into this canyon . 

We worked our way across the desert and down into the canyon with a series of raps that we created. 

Once we were down, we continued to walk down into a section where the walls started to get thinner. 

Proceeding down further, the walls got tight to a point where we had to stem up high in order to continue 

for some, this was their first time high stemming and we did not bring wetsuits for the cold water. 

Some of the group went into the water and found that they were met with choakstones that were really difficult to get around. 

Some of us stayed really high to navigate the group through this high stemming section. 

We worked together as a team to get through this section and head over to a sandy bottom. 

After a canyoners cheer, we continued down into the canyon to exit out of narrow portion. 

A narrow slit popped us out into a beautiful golden cavern like passage with towering walls and beautiful corridors. 

We headed down the canyon to find a few raps that took us even deeper into the canyon 

The walls of the canyon opened up and we were surrounded buy a landscape of sandstone slab rock buttes 

                                    Other versions of the mindbender system came into this canyon 

Robbers roost has some of the most scenic and amazing canyons throughout the desert southwest. 

There are a number of canyons within the high spur region 

Low spur, red spur, big spring, and many more canyons that are quite scenic are within this region.

 

We camped at the trailhead and got an early start into this canyon. 

We headed down and got into some scenic narrow corridors. 

This section was basically walking passages with very little obstacles and excellent narrow scenery. 

We encountered a group of ahead of us setting up a handline for a short drop that got into a deeper narrow section. 

The scenery rivaled antelope canyon in the lower section. 

the 90 ft rappel is a must do and worth the effort to drag the gear down for. 

We set up a shuttle ride which was a considerable help since the roads were 4x4 and quite bumpy. 

The hike to the cars was a bit long with the heat but they indeed helped out considerably. 

This is a must do canyon for anyone going into the robbers roost region. 

The road to get out to this area is quite rough and requires high clearance. 

Subaru was able to make it to the trailhead but it was about at its limit in performance. 

Make sure to have a lot of resources with you including an extra tire and a full tank of gas when headed out to the roost.