Nevada is the most mountainous U.S. State and comprises over 150 individual mountain ranges. Over 30 of the state’s mountain peaks exceed 11,000 ft., and the significant mountains include the Battle, Monitor, Ruby, Santa Rosa, Schell Creek, Sierra Nevada, Snake, and Toiyabe. Located in Esmeralda County, the highest point in Nevada is the Boundary Peak – which reaches an elevation of 13,147ft. Wheeler Peak, climbed by an Artwestimage photography team in 2005, is located in Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. It is the second highest mountain in the state, less than 100 feet shorter than Boundary Peak.
Stretching across most of the state, The Great Basin – is a series of depressions, flats, dry lakes, marshy salt pans, and sinks, that are all scattered between the ribbons of mountain ranges. The Mojave Desert spills across the California border into southern Nevada. The conditions here are dry, hot, and windy, especially in summer.
Cooper-colored mountains cover the desert floor, which is highlighted by the Red Rock Canyon's bluffs, cliffs, and petrified sandstone boulders. Red Rock Canyon is protected as a National Conservation Area. It
is located about 10 miles west of Las Vegas. The unique geologic
features, plants, and animals of Red Rock Canyon represent some of the
best examples of the Mojave Desert. In 1967, the Secretary of the
Interior designated Red Rock Canyon for the enjoyment of the general
public. In 1990, special legislation supported by the Nevada
congressional delegation changed the status of the Recreation Lands to a
National Conservation Area, the seventh such area to be designated
nationally. More than 2,000 climbing routes throughout the sandstone
scarps have been mapped, attracting upwards of 100,000 climbers
annually. Red Rock is widely considered the country's best winter
climbing destination.
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