Thru-hiking the Mojave-Sonoran Trail: Section 6 - 92 miles from Bullhead City to Lake Havasu. The MOST SCENIC section of the MST? I think so! South of Davis Dam, now in Arizona, I hike south through the Black Mountains, the same range that extends north to Lake Mead, where I walked these same mountains in the Jimbilnan & Pinto Valley Wilderness. Here, the scenery is just as good, perhaps better. The Mount Nutt Wilderness is stunning, with outstanding canyons around every turn. I walk the crest of the Black Range through the southern end of the Mount Nutt Wilderness to Cool Springs Station, entering Warm Springs Wilderness. Here, I hike to the top of the wild and desolate Black Mesa, where I discover a small plane crash memorial. Then it's a hike through the Needles of the Havasu Wilderness, which offered some of the best views along the entire Mojave-Sonoran Trail. The views from the ridgelines in the Needles in the Mohave Mountains are absurd; impossibly pointy peaks, overhanging ridgelines, sand dunes and the beautiful blue Colorado River glimmering among a sea of vast desert. Section 6 of the Mojave-Sonoran Trail ends with an excellent canyon walk and a fun route around a 100ft pour off, and a hitch into Lake Havasu.

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The Mojave-Sonoran Trail is a NEW 625-mile cross country thru hiking route connecting southern Nevada with southern Arizona via the Colorado River corridor. The MST can be hiked from Nov-Mar making it an excellent winter thru hiking route for desert hikers and those seeking warm weather. I hiked 600+ miles over 46 days, with 9 zero days, to complete the Mojave-Sonoran Trail in Nov/Dec 2021. This is a 9 part documentary vlog series highlighting my thru hike of the Mojave-Sonoran Trail.

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0:00 Hiking out of Bullhead City, start of Mojave-Sonoran Trail section 6
2:07 Entering the Black Mountains near Thumb Butte
6:53 Hiking the Black Mountains to an unnamed canyon at sunset
8:13 Camping near Secret Pass Canyon
8:51 Thanksgiving dinner in my tent
9:21 Morning in a scenic canyon
10:38 Descending into Secret Pass Canyon
12:08 Hiking Secret Pass Canyon
13:30 Hiking an unnamed canyon in Mount Nutt Wilderness
16:20 Dropping down a pass into another scenic & unnamed canyon
19:52 Entering a larger canyon in the Mount Nutt Wilderness
21:51 Filtering water at Cottonwood Spring
22:51 Hiking up to an unnamed pass
24:26 Unnamed pass, view of Mount Nutt
25:16 Base of the climb to Mount Nutt ridgeline
28:12 Attempt to climb an 80ft vertical rockwall
31:28 Campsite below Mount Nutt
32:12 Plan B, route up Grapevine Canyon to Mount Nutt ridgeline
39:00 Hiking the crest of the Black Mountains
40:12 Summit view from Nutt Benchmark, 5216'
45:24 Descending Black Mountains to Cool Springs Station
49:17 Hiking into Cool Springs Station, Route 66
50:47 Campsite near Cool Springs, filtering water
52:26 Hiking to top of Black Mesa, enter Warm Springs Wilderness
59:15 Plane crash memorial
1:02:33 Off Black Mesa down to Warm Springs
1:04:40 Camping in the open desert
1:05:34 Open desert trek to I-40
1:10:08 Mini resupply at truck stop
1:10:47 Hiking to Havasu Wilderness
1:12:15 Havasu Wilderness boundary, campsite
1:14:03 Hiking the Needles, Mohave Mountains, Havasu Wilderness
1:21:19 Descending The Needles ridgeline
1:23:52 Hiking wash S of Gold Dome
1:25:39 Hiking sand dunes in Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
1:28:03 Descend Pass to a scenic canyon
1:32:45 Exiting canyon at 75ft pour off
1:35:12 Reflecting back on section 6 as I walk into the highway outside of Lake Havasu

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