Henderson Inspirada Sloan Canyon

Name: Henderson Inspirada Sloan Canyon
Total distance: 4.5 miles
Total time to complete: 2.5 hours
Elevation Change: 600 feet
Elevation Range: 2800-3300 feet
Difficulty: Moderate
Scrambling: There are several fairly easy dry waterfalls on the way in. Hiking poles are slightly helpful on the return route.
How easy to follow? marked paths, a map or GPS is helpful
Dogs: Not allowed in the petroglyph area per BLM
Bathrooms: should be available at the new visitor center.
Trailhead&t=m&z=14) (35.916244, -115.126026) is the paved parking lot of the Sloan Canyon Visitor contact center just west of Democracy Dr and Via Firenze. If you have not been here before it is easy to get lost, do not blindly follow GPS directions. Please note the trailhead has seasonal hours and opens at approximately 8am so you may have to wait for them to open the gate. Also the parking is often full during busy times, alternate parking is across the street from the gate entrance.
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\\Note the new visitor center and parking lot is supposed to open the day we get there, if it is not yet open for some reason we will do a slightly longer walk from the street\\

This is a walk along a gravel trail to a large collection of petroglyphs. Be careful not to get Petroglyph Fever, symptoms include losing track of time and walking too far in search of more glyphs! The first section of the hike is a walk up a fairly flat wash. There are then several dry waterfalls to get through to get to the main petroglyph area. The dry waterfalls will require your hands but aren’t as bad as they look and we can help each other through them. Only the top one requires any hassle, the rest are easy. We will return via the bypass trail that has no scrambling.

The time of the meetup is the time we are LEAVING the carpool location (if no carpool then it is the time we are starting hike), please come on time, or chase after us frantically if you are late. Please review the planned hike if possible, be prepared for a no host event should your organizer need to drop off at the last minute. Pictures are often taken during meetups and posted on the site, if you don't want to be photographed then wear a bag over your head. If the meetup only has one person coming it may be canceled if I can’t be sure you will show up (I’ll try to contact you). Hiking time estimates are for an average size group, smaller groups go faster and larger groups slower.

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