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Mt Charleston Wilderness | Kyle Canyon Overview
(Click Through to Individual Trails and Wilderness Routes Below)
(Mileage Below is Round Trip. Altitude and Mileage are Approximate)
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What to Look for in Kyle Canyon
The Highest Peaks in Southern Nevada!
There are three major wilderness access points in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness: Kyle Canyon, Deer Creek Road and Lee Canyon. Unique to these three wilderness areas, Kyle Canyon is surrounded by the highest peaks in Southern Nevada:
Charleston Peak: elevation 11,918ft
Mummy Mountain: elevation 11,528ft
Lee Peak: elevation 11,289ft
Griffith Peak: elevation 11,056ft
Fletcher Peak: elevation 10,319ft
Harris Mountain: 10,014ft
You’ll find the most direct trails to all but one of these peaks in Kyle Canyon. One exception: Fletcher Peak has a slightly more direct access from Deer Creek Road. Each peak’s overview page shows multiple wilderness routes for adventure and variety, but the main trail is listed first.
Below, you will find all the main trails in Kyle Canyon along with many cool pathless back-wilderness adventure routes. Check for updated trail conditions and closures.Â
Desert Island with Rare Species Found Nowhere Else on Earth!
When you’re looking out from one of the high points in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness, it’s immediately clear that this entire wilderness area in the Spring Mountains of Nevada is an island surrounded by arid desert. During a mid-Summer day below in the Las Vegas Valley you may be in a sweltering 120-degree environment where cacti thrive. Contrast this with a comfortable 70-80 degree mid-Summer day in a lush Bristlecone Pine forest on one of the high peaks in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness. In this isolated, spring fed high wilderness environment, unique animal and insect species have developed and thrive. The most famous are the Charleston Chipmunk and Acastus Butterfly, but there are many others.
Hiking, Picnicking, Camping and Lodging Opportunities
Kyle Canyon has some of the main trailhead access points in the Mt. Charleston Wilderness: Fletcher Canyon Trailhead, South Loop Trailhead and Trail Canyon Trailhead.
There is the Kyle Canyon Campground and Kyle Canyon Picnic Area and, of course the picnic area at the Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway interpretive center. Did I mention Backpacking under the stars?
Charleston Village is nestled in upper Kyle Canyon along with a couple nice residential areas and the Mt. Charleston Lodge. and The Retreat on Charleston Peak.
Spring Mountains Visitor Gateway
Great Starting Point
Learn About the Spring Mountains
Ask Questions – Get Trail Updates
Great Starter Trails
Acastus Trail
3-Mile RT | Approx. 6,600 – 7,000ftÂ
**Excellent Trail**
Spring Mts. Interpretive Displays Provide a Great Introduction
Fletcher Canyon Trail
4.2-Mile RT | Approx. 6,800 – 7,800ftÂ
**Excellent Trail at First**
Good Intro to Spring Mts. Canyon Terrain & Vegetation
Eagle’s Nest Loop
2.7-Mile Loop | Approx. 6,800 – 7,200ftÂ
**Excellent Trail**
Great Surrounding Wilderness Views & Open Area Vegetation
Escarpment Trail
3.6-Mile Loop | Approx. 6,440 – 7,010ftÂ
**Excellent Trail**
Experience Tectonic Activity on Limestone in Spring Mts.
Cathedral Rock
5.5 mi / Approx. 7,713 > 8,585ft
**Excellent Trail**
360-Degree Views of Kyle Canyon!
Mary Jane Falls
3.2 mi RT / Approx. 7.800 > 9,000ft
**Excellent Trail**
Beautiful Waterfalls Early to Mid Spring
Harris Springs Canyon
2 mi / Approx. 8,439 > 10,255ft
**Good Route from Upper Harris Sprs. Rd.**
Explore a Cool Slot Canyon!
Fletcher Canyon Trailhead Adventures
Discover More Routes Than You Thought Existed from This Trailhead!
Summit the Highest Peaks in Southern Nevada!
Each link leads to multiple awesome summit routes with the most direct first on the list.
Charleston Peak
17 mi / 11,918ft Elevation
**Excellent Official Trail + Wilderness Routes**
Mummy Mountain
16 mi RT / 11,528ft Elevation
**All Routes Include Stretches of Pathless Wilderness**
Lee Peak
12 mi / 11,289ft Elevation
**All Routes Include Some Pathless Wilderness**
Griffith Peak
9.3 mi / 11,056ft Elevation
**Excellent Official Trail + Wilderness Routes**
Fletcher Peak
8 mi / 10,319ft Elevation
**Excellent Official Trail + Wilderness Routes**
Harris Mountain
Approx. 8 Mile / 10,014ft ElevationÂ
**All Routes Are Mostly Wilderness**
4-Peak Circuit Adventure
22 mi / Approx. 7,713 > 11,918ft
**Some Trail > Mostly Wilderness**
6-Peak Circuit Adventure
30 mi / Approx. 10,000ft Total Elevation Gain
**Some Trails, Some Wilderness**
Additional Adventures in Kyle Canyon
Cockscomb Ridge/Peak
5 mi / Approx. 7,785 > 9,307ft
**Mostly Wilderness from Kyle Canyon Rd**
Cockscomb Ridge Circuit Clockwise
8 mi / Approx. 7,713 > 9,307ft
**Some Trail, Mostly Wilderness**
Angel Peak via Lucky Strike Road
17.1 mi / Approx. 4,500 > 8,500ft
**Unpaved Road, Poor Condition**
6-Peak Circuit Strategy
30 mi / Approx. 10,000ft Total Elevation Gain
**Some Trails, Some Wilderness**
Adventures in Process
Additional Projected Adventures
Stanley B. Springs (possible Cockscomb circuit)
Big Falls
Trout Canyon to Griffith Peak
Charleston Peak Western Approach
Wilderness West of Charleston Peak (from Bonanza Trail area?)
Wilderness East of Charleston Peak
