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| - This is an excellent hike to scramble and boulder over some prehistoric RED sandstone from the Jurassic-Age. This is one of those hikes that an out-of-state or even a local hiker might not find without someone showing you. Luckily, I had the privilege of Norm K. of Las Vegas as our guide on this amazing hike. You can find different trail loops to the Bowl of Fire on http://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/LAME/BowlFireN/_BOFloop.htm, but Norm had his own 2.4 mile loop. And as before, Norm is an exceptional hiker and guide!
To get to the trailhead for this loop, drive to the Anniversary Narrows trailhead. http://www.yelp.com/biz/anniversary-narrows-henderson
Take I-15 North to Lake Mead Parkway exit and head east for 17 miles to Northshore Road. Just before you reach Northshore Road you enter the Lake Mead Recreation Area where you pay a $10.00 entrance fee. Make a quick left on Northshore Road, drive to mile marker 16 and turn into the parking lot on the left side of the road onto Callville Wash Road. If you have a low clearance car, you can park here, which will add 4 miles to the 2.4 mile hike. If not, continue driving up the dirt road and instead of taking a left on 94A to go to Anniversary Narrows, go straight past the Muddy Mountains Wilderness sign. About 1.8 miles from the parking lot off Northshore Road, the bumpy dirt road seems to split in two. Stay to the left and park in front of a large white rock by a fire pit ring. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bowl-of-fire-henderson?select=tMk5Pr2DUyKdmHUfKAte9Q&userid=RoGuDu1egfAvVgb4WmZwUw&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)
This is the trailhead parking lot for the higher clearance vehicles, exactly 2 miles from the Northshore Road parking lot.
To start your hike, follow the wash northwest towards the red sandstone of the Bowl of Fire. You will soon come across a wide two tier step of white glauconitic rock; cross over it and continue walking through the soft red sand and rocks. In 0.52 miles from the large white rock trailhead, you will need to boulder up and over the 'Conglomerate' crevice boulder formation. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bowl-of-fire-henderson?select=MCFU9PXSgSslYTa2yGLMrg&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct)
As you get over this crevice, head to the left towards the bright red sandstone boulders just ahead. What beautiful and amazing ancient formations! At 0.81 miles look up and head towards the notch with the huge rock walls on each side. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bowl-of-fire-henderson?select=EZNTBUowDiVIj_rfcrt0RQ#crB2YuRTTByV88MABq7Ccg
You will reach the notch at 0.93 miles, also reaching the highest point of this hike at 1,824 feet. Looking back from the notch is a great view, but the view ahead from the notch is what the Bowl of Fire is all about. And such an experience as you boulder ahead and down into the Bowl! As you reach the final bouldering descent at 1.08 miles, you will find yourself in a wash passage of soft red sand again. Around 1.77 miles in this wash, look for the skeleton of a Bighorn Sheep... or maybe it was a lost Yelper. Continue following this wash to the right, southeast, as you loop back around towards the 'Conglomerate' crevice boulder formation again. This will put you at 1.93 miles. Head back down through the crevice and retrace your path back to your car, stopping at a 2.4 mile hike. I can't wait to hike this again, endeavoring into the unknown bouldering of these Jurassic-Age formations!
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