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Boundary peak7/15/2023 Another road, even more deteriorated than the first and largely unused, is used to hike in 1 mile and 700 vertical feet up to the trailhead register at Kennedy Point. Queen Mine is a large flat area next to a couple of open mine shafts. Use a high-clearance 4WD vehicle and make sure your car is in top condition - no tow trucks will be reaching this trailhead. I realize now that many of the sites I was using as a reference were as many as a dozen years old, and the 6.2 mile gravel road between Highway 6 and Queen Mine has severely deteriorated since then. You’ll find the beginning of a gravel road 9 miles east of Benton off of Highway 6, on your right (south) side of the road, just across from an abandoned ranch (see Summitpost for more detailed directions). Temperature can rise or fall 20+ degrees in a matter of hours. Be prepared for anything, there is virtually no cell phone service in the area, and the trail is seldom busy. Pack plenty of food, water, fuel up your gas tank before. Warning: This is a very remote trailhead. Many people bag both peaks at once, but the rotten rock and unstable trail make Montgomery a much more technical feat. While technically in Nevada, just a few hundred feet away lies its taller neighbor Montgomery Peak (13,442') in California. Hike to the summit of Nevada's tallest mountain, Boundary Peak (13,140'), and check off another state highpoint while enjoying desert views for days.īoundary Peak received its name because it straddles the border of California and Nevada.
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