Turtlehead Peak (Red Rock Canyon NCA, NV)

Nevada, US

Distance

4.5 mi

Vertical Gain

2,040 ft

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

out & back

Male

Unsupported
Trevor Fuchs		51m 46s	2020-12-29
Luke Garten		53m 24s	2019-04-14
Golden Harper		57m 50s	2016-03-31
Todd Falker	Flagged	1h 1m 9s	2014-07-17
Jonathan Gerber		1h 1m 58s	2012-09-21

Female

Unknown
Kate Lukacs			58m 50s	2014-05-06

Unsupported
Maria Steinhauser			1h 21m 35s	2019-04-14

This route on the old FKT site

http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/365/turtlehead-peak-red-rock-canyon

Comments

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

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

FKTs

Comments