Fitness Echo Canyon to Cat in the Hat down Fossil Canyon Loop
Details
📌This is a loop hike that starts at the Cowboy Trail Rides parking and runs east-southeast into Echo Canyon, before turning south where we'll pick up Cat in the Hat connecting to Fossil Canyon and back to the trailhead. The route features some Class 2 scrambling over boulders and pour-overs that run along a shaded wash. The walls of Echo Canyon are full of cool fossils like crinoids, gastropods, sponges, and corals. Since the goal of this hike is fitness, you'll need to maintain a fast pace.
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Carry a minimum 2L of water, a light snack, & a headlamp or other light source
HIKE QUICK STATS
• Location: Cowboy Trail Rides
• Distance: 4-5 miles
• Elevation gain: 700 ft• Strenuosity: ⭐⭐✰✰✰
• Time: 2 hours
• Gear: hiking shoes or trail runners; no trekking poles
• No guests, children, canines, or event crashers, please!
• All attendees must be members of VegasHikers. It only takes a couple of minutes to sign up and it's FREE.