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Try this 3.6-mile out-and-back trail near Mount Charleston, Nevada. Generally considered a moderately challenging route. This is a very popular area for hiking, horseback riding, and running, so you'll likely encounter other people while exploring. The best times to visit this trail are April through October.
Fletcher Canyon Trail in The Mt. Charleston Wilderness, Spring Mountains, Nevada is an easy 4.2-mile round trip hike along a creek in a beautiful forested area with spectacular mountain views. It's a great trail for altitude conditioning.
One of the more unusual paths leads up Fletcher Canyon, a north side tributary of Kyle Canyon, which starts off wide, overgrown and rather uninteresting but eventually narrows, beyond a spring and seasonal stream, and for several hundred feet forms a deep, enclosed, slot-like section framed by smooth, grey brown walls of water-polished limestone.
Fletcher Canyon Trails included here all originate or can be accessed from The Fletcher Canyon Trailhead on Kyle Canyon Road below Charleston Village in The Mt. Charleston Wilderness, Spring Mountains, Nevada.
The hike is a gradual uphill through a pine forest along a (mainly dormant) stream and ends in Fletcher Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon with 200 feet walls, water-polished rocks, and great views of Mummy Mountain.
Fletcher Canyon Trail is a moderate hike with beautiful views of the Spring Mountains, seasonal wildflowers and ends in an captivating journey through a variety of towering slot canyons. Notice: Mt. Charleston recently experienced substantial storm damage from Hurricane Hillary. Be sure to check for updated information about closures here.
26 cze 2017 · North Loop Trail #146 is at the top of Fletcher Canyon, and can be used to access Cockscomb Ridge, Fletcher Peak, or even Mount Charleston itself. A one way shuttle hike to the Mahogany Grove picnic area, or Hilltop campground, would be about 7.5 mi. and 3200 AEG.
