Geology of Kraft with Siera club
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.18 mi
- Elevation gain
- 295 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 328 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,782 ft
- TrailRank
- 22
- Min elevation
- 3,622 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- one hour 58 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 43 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1169
- Uploaded
- April 15, 2024
- Recorded
- February 2024
near Summerlin South, Nevada (United States)
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Itinerary description
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3,701 ft
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Desert varnish manganese and iron Were sand dunes at one time layers shifeted causing cross bedding.
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3,734 ft
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Kaye ta formation below the lights sandstone rocks softer why rocks erosing
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3,802 ft
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High silicate rock in sandstone ash from California volcanoe
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3,832 ft
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3,832 ft
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Lenses in the layers formation exposed. Ash deposited in pockets to make from volcanoes
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3,832 ft
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Kayenta formed During water time
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3,832 ft
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Aztec Sandstone from sand dunes during desert times
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3,802 ft
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Kayenta mostly shale and mudstone
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3,763 ft
Gateway danyon
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3,763 ft
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Ancient old gateway canyon
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3,766 ft
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Something blocked it and it changed course
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3,766 ft
Debris flow from Gateway canyon from water
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3,704 ft
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Landslide deposits Breccia on top of red sandstone hill
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3,704 ft
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Keystone fault is San Andreas fault west is limes tone - oceanic tectonic plate. 55 million years ago. Landsto e precariously perched onto sandstone.
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3,707 ft
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Mostly lands tone breccia from San Andreas fault
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3,619 ft
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Outcropping from limestone canyon
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3,619 ft
Ridge is an alluvial fan that blocked drainage from Kraft mountain wash. Alluvial fan came from Brownstone and blocked drainage
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3,625 ft
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Breccia means broken. Rock good example of broken limestone and reconfiguredsolisified
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3,638 ft
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