{"id":9602,"date":"2024-11-24T22:59:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9602"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:17:00","slug":"20241124hoover-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124hoover-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of 2024 Thanksgiving Trip to Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and Promontory Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_142816.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_142816.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" 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rel=\"noopener\">my previous visit to Las Vegas<\/a>, I found I didn&#8217;t like the city with the sense of decadence that came with it. So for this trip, I opted to explore natural attractions around Las Vegas. One of the highlights would be Death Valley National Park, which I managed to secure a campsite from Monday Nov 25 to Wednesday Nov 27. Additionally, I booked my rental car from a shop in the city of Henderson, as it&#8217;s much cheaper than the airport (after factoring in the rideshares to and from the rental there).<br \/>\nFor this day, Sunday Nov 24, I decided to take it easy and check out Hoover Dam, which was not far from Henderson. Since the dam alone wouldn&#8217;t fill my entire day, I also included a short hike to the nearby Promontory Point, with sweeping views of Lake Mead.<\/p>\n<p>After picking up the rental car and grabbing some snacks from a nearby grocery store, I arrived at Hoover Dam around 10:30 a.m. The dam offered two types of tours: the &#8220;Power Plant Tour&#8221; and the &#8220;Power Plant + Dam Tour.&#8221; The latter could only be booked on-site on a first-come-first-served basis. I was initially worried that the dam tour might sell out, yet it turned out to be widely available for this Sunday before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Once there, instead of the next available tour, I chose to book the last tour of the day, at 3:30pm, a decision I immediately regretted. I was probably thinking that this would give me the most daylight to hike to Promontory Point: in the unlikely event that the hike took longer than expected, I could always forgo the tour and use the extra daylight to ensure a safe return. Then I realized sunset was about the same time when the tour ended, hence the marginal benefit of any additional safety net was hardly justified by the increased inconvenience (and the additional parking fee&#x1FAE0;).<br \/>\nJust to show how zoned-out I was at the moment, I forgot my hat at the security checkpoint. Though later in the afternoon I was able to retrieve it. (I probably embarrassed myself a lot in the process.)<\/p>\n<p>As for the hike, this was a trimmed down version from <a href=\"https:\/\/stavislost.com\/hikes\/trail\/promontory-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the blogpost by Stav is Lost<\/a> (following the &#8220;easier alternative&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/stavislost.com\/hikes\/trail\/promontory-point\/map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its map<\/a>). Since the trail wasn&#8217;t on any established maps, I was a bit apprehensive about route-finding before setting out. In the end, it turned out that route-finding wasn&#8217;t an issue at all.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=217301199&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=217301199&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The trail started conveniently from the parking garage of Hoover Dam and followed Railway Tunnel Trail. At some point, it left Railway Tunnel Trail and climbed over a small hill, ran parallel along some fences before reaching the foot of J Hill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_112127.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_112127.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Switchbacks Connecting Parking Lot to Rail Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Switchbacks Connecting Parking Lot to Rail Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The parking lot was built on the former cement-mixing site during Hoover Dam\u2019s construction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3988.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3988.jpg\" alt=\"Turbine Exhibit\" \/><\/a><\/br>Turbine Exhibit<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Among the few exhibits along the trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_135159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_135159.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This giant circle was probably constructed to turn around locomotives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_113528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_113528.jpg\" width=\"96.7%\" alt=\"Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_134512.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_134512.jpg\" width=\"85.6%\" alt=\"Fences under J Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fences under J Hill<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Fences were installed so that hikers didn\u2019t have a backdoor access to power infrastructure facilities of Hoover Dam.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_115537.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_115537.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at the trails that I just took.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_112127.jpg\" alt=\"Switchbacks Connecting Parking Lot to Rail Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3988.jpg\" alt=\"Turbine Exhibit\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_135159.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_113528.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_134512.jpg\" alt=\"Fences under J Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_115537.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_112127.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_112127.jpg\" alt=\"Switchbacks Connecting Parking Lot to Rail Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Switchbacks Connecting Parking Lot to Rail Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The parking lot was built on the former cement-mixing site during Hoover Dam\u2019s construction.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3988.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3988.jpg\" alt=\"Turbine Exhibit\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Turbine Exhibit<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Among the few exhibits along the trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_135159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_135159.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This giant circle was probably constructed to turn around locomotives.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_113528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_113528.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Railway Tunnel Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_134512.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_134512.jpg\" alt=\"Fences under J Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fences under J Hill<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Fences were installed so that hikers didn\u2019t have a backdoor access to power infrastructure facilities of Hoover Dam.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_115537.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_115537.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at the trails that I just took.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s a bit like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/20240831north-fork-lake-creek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my hike to UN13291 in Colorado back in August<\/a>, where the trail traversed the foot of some steep cliffs before finding a saddle point that it could ascend onto. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Coincidentally, both were inspired by the same Stav is Lost blog.<\/span> I would rate the path to Promontory Point at YDS Class 2, but it was much less exposed than the one to UN13291. Below is the approximate route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3958C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3958C11.jpg\" alt=\"Route to Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Route to Promontory Point<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The red line indicated the approximate route that I took, with the dashed portions being under the cliff. This photo was taken on Promontory Point.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3995C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3995C11.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills around Hoover Dam<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The red line indicated the approximate path that I took to Promontory Point. The dashed portions were behind the hills.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3958C11.jpg\" alt=\"Route to Promontory Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3995C11.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3958C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3958C11.jpg\" alt=\"Route to Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Route to Promontory Point<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The red line indicated the approximate route that I took, with the dashed portions being under the cliff. This photo was taken on Promontory Point.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3995C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3995C11.jpg\" alt=\"Hills around Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills around Hoover Dam<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The red line indicated the approximate path that I took to Promontory Point. The dashed portions were behind the hills.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of clear markings, the trail wasn&#8217;t hard to follow. Perhaps the only bit of route-finding was on the way back, one should try to stay close to the cliff. The few outstanding boulders (p3 below) could serve as reliable landmarks for guidance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_133731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_133731.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Trail underneath Cliffs\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail underneath Cliffs<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_132852.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_132852.jpg\" width=\"87.11%\" alt=\"Alcove\" \/><\/a><\/br>Alcove<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The piece of rock barely hanging in the left.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_120200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_120200.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail between Boulders\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_133001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_133001.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail between Boulders\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail between Boulders<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These gaps between boulders were distinctive marks of the trail underneath the cliff of J Hill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_132742.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_132742.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_132529.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_132529.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After the gaps was a short section of steep climb.<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_131651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_131651.jpg\" width=\"94.5%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_133731.jpg\" alt=\"Trail underneath Cliffs\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_132852.jpg\" alt=\"Alcove\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_120200.jpg\" alt=\"Trail between Boulders\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_132742.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_131651.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_133731.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_133731.jpg\" alt=\"Trail underneath Cliffs\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail underneath Cliffs<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_132852.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_132852.jpg\" alt=\"Alcove\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Alcove<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The piece of rock barely hanging in the left.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_120200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_120200.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail between Boulders\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_133001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_133001.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail between Boulders\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail between Boulders<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These gaps between boulders were distinctive marks of the trail underneath the cliff of J Hill.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_132742.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_132742.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_132529.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/20241124_132529.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steep Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After the gaps was a short section of steep climb.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_131651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_131651.jpg\" alt=\"Steep Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steep Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Along the way, there were pleasing views of Lake Mead below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3938.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3938.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_120156.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_120156.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3984.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3984.jpg\" alt=\"Islands in Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Islands in Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3947.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3947.jpg\" alt=\"Gaps in Boulders\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gaps in Boulders<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_131255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_131255.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3982.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3982.jpg\" alt=\"Promontory Point Ahead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Promontory Point Ahead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3938.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_120156.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3984.jpg\" alt=\"Islands in Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3947.jpg\" alt=\"Gaps in Boulders\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_131255.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3982.jpg\" alt=\"Promontory Point Ahead\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3938.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3938.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_120156.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_120156.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3984.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3984.jpg\" alt=\"Islands in Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Islands in Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3947.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3947.jpg\" alt=\"Gaps in Boulders\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gaps in Boulders<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_131255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_131255.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3982.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3982.jpg\" alt=\"Promontory Point Ahead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Promontory Point Ahead<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving the base of steep cliffs, the remainder of the trail leading to Promontory Point was very straightforward.<br \/>\nHowever, it was a bit ambiguous as to where &#8220;Promontory Point&#8221; exactly was. There was a pile of rocks (p1 below), next to which was a USGS survey marker (p2 below). 140m (450ft) towards Lake Mead from that spot, there was a stick marking a location with better views of Lake Mead. Finally, &#8220;Promontory Point&#8221; as indicated by OpenStreetMap was neither of the two spots above.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3948.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of Rocks on Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pile of Rocks on Promontory Point<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3952.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3952.jpg\" alt=\"Survey Marker on Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Survey Marker on Promontory Point<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3981.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3981.jpg\" alt=\"Stick on Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><\/br>Stick on Promontory Point<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3948.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of Rocks on Promontory Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3952.jpg\" alt=\"Survey Marker on Promontory Point\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3981.jpg\" alt=\"Stick on Promontory Point\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3948.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3948.jpg\" alt=\"Pile of Rocks on Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pile of Rocks on Promontory Point<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3952.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3952.jpg\" alt=\"Survey Marker on Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Survey Marker on Promontory Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3981.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3981.jpg\" alt=\"Stick on Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Stick on Promontory Point<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Terminologies aside, Promontory Point offered sweeping views of the tranquil waters of Lake Mead below. It&#8217;s only a relatively short hike from the popular Hoover Dam, but it offered a sense of seclusion and serenity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3980.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3980.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3954.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3954.jpg\" alt=\"Marina along Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Marina along Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3956.jpg\" alt=\"Sentinel Island in Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sentinel Island in Lake Mead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3980.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3954.jpg\" alt=\"Marina along Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3956.jpg\" alt=\"Sentinel Island in Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Lake Mead.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3980.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3980.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3954.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3954.jpg\" alt=\"Marina along Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Marina along Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3956.jpg\" alt=\"Sentinel Island in Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sentinel Island in Lake Mead<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Lake Mead was surrounded by mountains, like Promontory Point which I was standing on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3953.jpg\" alt=\"Hamblin Mountain across Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hamblin Mountain across Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3955.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3955.jpg\" alt=\"Muddy Peak across Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Muddy Peak across Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3976.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3976.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas Wash and Distant Sheep Peak under Clouds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Las Vegas Wash and Distant Sheep Peak under Clouds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3977.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3977.jpg\" alt=\"Frenchman Mountain across Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><\/br>Frenchman Mountain across Lake Mead<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3949.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3949.jpg\" alt=\"Fortification Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fortification Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3951.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3951.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rolling Hills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3953.jpg\" alt=\"Hamblin Mountain across Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3955.jpg\" alt=\"Muddy Peak across Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3976.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas Wash and Distant Sheep Peak under Clouds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3977.jpg\" alt=\"Frenchman Mountain across Lake Mead\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3949.jpg\" alt=\"Fortification Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3951.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the hills around Lake Mead.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3953.jpg\" alt=\"Hamblin Mountain across Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hamblin Mountain across Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3955.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3955.jpg\" alt=\"Muddy Peak across Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Muddy Peak across Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3976.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3976.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas Wash and Distant Sheep Peak under Clouds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Las Vegas Wash and Distant Sheep Peak under Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3977.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3977.jpg\" alt=\"Frenchman Mountain across Lake Mead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Frenchman Mountain across Lake Mead<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3949.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3949.jpg\" alt=\"Fortification Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fortification Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3951.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3951.jpg\" alt=\"Rolling Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rolling Hills<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>A minor disappointment was that the summit of Promontory Point was quite buggy (while the trail was largely bug-free), another instance of them hilltopping.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3960_DSC_3975-16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3960_DSC_3975-16.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead from Promontory Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Mead from Promontory Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p><video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/Promontory_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/Promontory_Point_2160p60_H265_10Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/\/2024\/11\/24\/Promontory_Point_2160p60_H264_11Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">11 seconds, 2160p60fps, 10Mbps for H265 \/ 11Mbps for H264, file size around 16MB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I spent about 25 minutes at Promontory Point before making my way back, and reached the parking lot where I started at 2:10pm. Overall, this hike took me just under 3 hours, which meant I had some time left before my tour of Hoover Dam. So next I headed for the bridge over Colorado River that overlooked Hoover Dam.<\/p>\n<p>The parking lot for the bridge was a short drive from Hoover Dam itself. It&#8217;s not huge and I had a short wait for a parking spot to open up. After that, it&#8217;s a short, paved trail <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(ADA options available!)<\/span> to get onto the bridge.<br \/>\nThe bridge was opened in 2010, which was very new by US standards. It was arguably the best vantage point to take in Hoover Dam and its surrounding deep canyons as a whole. (I imagine its opening may have stolen some business from helicopter tours.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3989.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3989.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3992.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3992.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3991.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3991.jpg\" width=\"44.48%\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_142918.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_142918.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"State Line Boundary on Bridge\" \/><\/a><\/br>State Line Boundary on Bridge<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3997.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3997.jpg\" alt=\"Power Generation Room\" \/><\/a><\/br>Power Generation Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3989.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3992.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3991.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_142918.jpg\" alt=\"State Line Boundary on Bridge\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_3997.jpg\" alt=\"Power Generation Room\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of Hoover Dam from the bridge over Colorado River.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3989.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3989.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3992.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3992.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3991.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3991.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_142918.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_142918.jpg\" alt=\"State Line Boundary on Bridge\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>State Line Boundary on Bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_3997.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_3997.jpg\" alt=\"Power Generation Room\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Power Generation Room<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After the visit to the bridge, I still had some time left before my Hoover Dam Tour. So I took a short stroll around.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4001.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4002.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Water Intake Tower\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4003.jpg\" width=\"44.5%\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Water Intake Tower and Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_150806.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_150806.jpg\" width=\"50%\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4032.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4032.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4028.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4028.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge Spanning Colorado River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Bridge Spanning Colorado River<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4001.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4002.jpg\" alt=\"Water Intake Tower\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_150806.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4032.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4028.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge Spanning Colorado River\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4001.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4002.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Water Intake Tower\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4003.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Water Intake Tower and Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_150806.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_150806.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4032.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4032.jpg\" alt=\"Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4028.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4028.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge Spanning Colorado River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Bridge Spanning Colorado River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s the tour of Hoover Dam, consisting of 4 parts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The diversion tunnel, originally used to redirect the Colorado River during the dam&#8217;s construction and later repurposed to channel water between the intake towers and the generators. (p1 below)<\/li>\n<li>The generator room where an array of 8 generators was housed. (p2-3 below)<\/li>\n<li>The ventilation tunnel that provided fresh air to the facility, with views of Colorado River below. (p4-5 below)<\/li>\n<li>Passages inside Hoover Dam. (p6-7 below)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The &#8220;Power Plant Tour&#8221; included the first 2 parts above. Notably, the ventilation tunnel, with its low ceiling and curved floor, was not wheelchair accessible. (This likely explained why the tours were split into two options, allowing the &#8220;Power Plant Tour&#8221; to accommodate wheelchair users.)<br \/>\nSince the tour involved a lot of elevator rides, my tour guide told a lot of anecdotes of the dam while waiting for elevators. For instance, the dam was designed with hosting visitors in mind, so the passages around the generator room were paved with beautiful floorings (while the floor of service tunnels wasn&#8217;t as glamorous). Also, before 9\/11, they could take visitors to &#8220;pretty much anywhere in the dam as they liked&#8221;, which was no longer the case nowadays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_153021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_153021.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Diversion Tunnel\" \/><\/a><\/br>Diversion Tunnel<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4015.jpg\" alt=\"Generators of Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Generators of Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4013.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Small Generator\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Generator<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that generated power for the Hoover Dam facility.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4016.jpg\" alt=\"Ventilation Tunnel\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ventilation Tunnel<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_160403C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_160403C9.jpg\" alt=\"View from Ventilation Tunnel\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from Ventilation Tunnel<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4021.jpg\" width=\"44.48%\" alt=\"Stairs in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4025.jpg\" width=\"44.48%\" alt=\"Stairs in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Stairs in Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4026.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4026.jpg\" width=\"44.48%\" alt=\"Passage in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4027.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4027.jpg\" width=\"44.48%\" alt=\"Passage in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Passage in Hoover Dam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_153021.jpg\" alt=\"Diversion Tunnel\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4015.jpg\" alt=\"Generators of Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4013.jpg\" alt=\"Small Generator\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4016.jpg\" alt=\"Ventilation Tunnel\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/20241124_160403C9.jpg\" alt=\"View from Ventilation Tunnel\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4021.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4026.jpg\" alt=\"Passage in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_153021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_153021.jpg\" alt=\"Diversion Tunnel\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Diversion Tunnel<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4015.jpg\" alt=\"Generators of Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Generators of Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4013.jpg\" alt=\"Small Generator\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Generator<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that generated power for the Hoover Dam facility.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/DSC_4016.jpg\" alt=\"Ventilation Tunnel\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ventilation Tunnel<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/20241124_160403C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails\/20241124_160403C9.jpg\" alt=\"View from Ventilation Tunnel\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Ventilation Tunnel<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img 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href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/DSC_4027.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/24\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4027.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Passage in Hoover Dam\" \/><\/a><\/br>Passage in Hoover Dam<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After the conclusion of the Hoover Dam tour, it&#8217;s sunset time. I took a few final photos of this impressive structure before making my way back to Las Vegas, calling it a day.<br \/>\nEND<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670,2],"tags":[672],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9602"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9737,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions\/9737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}