Motorcycle Canyon, Lake Mead, Nevada

Name: Motorcycle Canyon
Address: Lake Mead, Nevada

Adam Haydock
Jun 18
1 min read

Finally met up with Mike and Heidi for the weekend to celebrate Mike's birthday in style with a weekend of canyoneering. Unfortunately flash flood potential kept us from Death Valley, so after debate we stuck around Vegas and headed to Motorcycle Canyon. Motorcycle Canyon is a 3AIII located in the Black Range just south of Hoover Dam in Nevada. There are a series of technical and non-technical routes down this section of the Colorado that can make for a great week of canyoneering, some requiring packraft and kayaking.

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