Finished the challenge with an epic hiking day up Mt. Charleston. I took the North Loop Trail from Trail Canyon TH to the summit and back. Thought about doing the full loop but struggled to the top and the idea of adding the mile or two between Cathedral Rock TH and my car – especially the road walking on asphalt – seemed like a bad call. I'll come back and do the full loop another day.

Beautiful sunny day, cool when I started but toasty to finish. 5.5 hours up, 30 mins of breaks, 5 hours down. Much longer day than I expected (I was planning for a 9-10 hour day) struggled above 11,000′ pretty hard. View from the ridge and summit were superb. Noted a lot of great camping spots for future visits… 🙂

I love the Spring Mountains, so glad this Six Pack Challenge led me to explore them. I'll definitely be back to explore more in the future.