7 miles and 1300 gain on this low key outing along the north shore of Lake Mead.
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The trailhead is unsigned and across from the turnout just past the 18mi marker on the north shore Lake Mead road.
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Bad picture of the trailhead, which is marked with a stake on the road embankment
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Early trail heading towards the wash
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Dipping down into Cottonwood Spring wash, the trail would follow the wash south for a mile or two
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Better sun looking back on the early route
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Cottonwood Spring. No water but there were bones of various critters scattered about. That white stuff is the soil minerals and not frost.
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After the spring there was a short easy class 3 scramble up a dryfall and then the wash continued south. It looked like there was a bypass road off to the right to allow vehicle traffic to bypass the dryfall