29.13 and 29.14: Boulder City, NV: Red & More Black Mountain views of snowy coverings, Las Vegas and Bighorns.
You never know what surprise nature has in store...each moment. We returned to Boulder City to hike the 'color mountains', Black and Red, because snow was falling when we arrived at the Calico Basin area hike earlier that day. We find these two irresistible because they are reasonable workouts but in addition, the sights are always fantastic and vary greatly. Standing on either peak, one has views of the city below, Las Vegas in the near distance and Lake Mead on the opposite side as well as many mountain ranges both in the state as well as in Utah and Arizona. Add sunrises, sunsets, the bighorns, snow-covered mountains and there's not much else a person needs for the recipe of life with nature. Not often we see this background in Las Vegas; from Red Mountain. Contrast with similar picture below. A week before above picture, early evening from the summit of Black Mountain. On the way down Black Mountain, looking toward Arizona and Utah as sun catches a se...