Adventure to occur Summer, 2022 or 2023.
See also Mummy Mountain’s Head from Deer Creek Road. The approach in this adventure is northwest from the Lee Canyon area. Reference: https://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/mummys_forehead_1.html
Begin from a large parking area on the West side of Lee Canyon Road (Hwy 156) about a mile past its intersection with Deer Creek Road (Hwy 158).
Cross Lee Canyon Road and head SE up the steep avalanche slope to the saddle between Mummy’s forehead and chin. Watch for a use trail. Drop 200ft down the far side of the saddle and follow the wash SW up to the summit. From Mummy’s Head it’s about 1/4th mile South to Mummy’s Chin. Descend NE through the gully between the forehead and chin. Descend NW off Mummy’s Nose. Circle the base of the cliffs and head back to your starting point.
David Smith has devoted the better part of one day each week over the past 20 years to experiencing a mountain trail running adventure. He began in the Pacific Northwest with the Columbia Gorge and Cascade Mountains; then moved to Southern California and experienced the Angeles Crest mountains; then the Northeast where he experienced the Hudson River Valley and Minnewaska; finally in 2016 to Las Vegas where he is experiencing and documenting Red Rock Canyon, the Spring Mountains (Mt. Charleston area), Death Valley and beyond!
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