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Route: Turtlehead Peak (Red Rock Canyon NCA, NV)

Location
Nevada, US
Distance
4.5 mi
Vertical Gain
2,040 ft
Description

Jim Tenney posted the route on Turtlehead Peak:

Car to Car. Unsupported, to sign-in book and back.
Starting and ending in Sandstone Quarry turn out off of Red Rock Loop.
This is a very popular route with a big pay off view of Vegas and the surrounding peaks.

There are Strava segments for the ascent, descent, and car-to-car of Turtlehead.

GPS Track
Turtlehead.gpx154.82 KB

FKTs

This route on the old FKT site
http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/365/turtlehead-peak-red-rock-canyon

Comments

Kate Lukacs
Sun, 12/08/2019 - 08:30am

I didn’t know this was an FKT, but I spent a lot of time in Vegas one year and remember the time I went for my PR. My goal was to break an hour and I did it! There is a Strava segment for this route and it says my time was 58:50.
There was a group of 30ish men training (all wearing the same clothes) that were over half way down the mountain when I was on my way up, and I caught them just as I was finishing. 

https://www.strava.com/activities/138201920#10462838561