My body is more accustomed to it since I’ve been practicing it at home though so it’s not a huge adjustment, I’ll also do fasted cardios in the mornings at home which I guess trains my body for intermittent fasting in the mountains. I’ll skip breakfast and eat around 11am – 2pm depending on when I ate dinner, but I know when you’re hiking in the mornings, sometimes you need that energy to move. Travel 1.5 miles along Valley of Fire Highway. South Trailhead: From the visitor center, travel south to Valley of Fire Highway and turn right heading towards the park’s west entrance. Danke fr deinen Besuch Thanks for visiting bitte. Hike the White Domes Loop starting in the southern direction, after exiting the slot canyon the Prospect trail intersects White Domes Loop from the west. I try to eat a healthy diet at home especially if I know I’m going to be on the road for awhile.Īnother thing that helps but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to other hikers is intermittent fasting – I do this at home often and on the road I try to as well. A section of the canyon that joins north of the White Domes Slot Canyon in the Valley of Fire State Park. I workout almost every day I’m at home which helps maintain my figure as well as stamina on the trails and I actually rarely hike alone anymore also. Hi Al, I tend to lose muscle mass and gain fat on my trips too because of all the carbs and sugar, but I try to pick protein-heavy snacks when I can just because I eat a lot of protein at home (boiled eggs if I have a cooler and jerky are my top picks for protein snacks on the road). Remember, it’s BLM so there are no campground services here which include toilets, running water, fire pits, etc. It’s just a large dirt area and a good option for sleeping in your car, but I’ve also slept in a tent here and it smelled like pee and our neighbors were extremely loud in the middle of the night – wouldn’t recommend pitching a tent here. Today, the park consists of more than 40,000 acres of beautiful landscape, campgrounds, cabins, hiking trails, picnic areas and a visitor center. and Valley of Fire State Park opened in 1934. This is the “overflow” camping for Valley of Fire and is close off Valley of Fire Road, but on a dirt road for less than half a mile. About Hiking Nature Visitor’s Center Contact. Campsites have a picnic table with a shade-maker, firepit, grill, and potable water.īLM Camping: We drove in late at night around 3 am (left LA at 10 pm) and pulled out in a free camping area just 6 miles before the park boundaries. There are fewer campsites than Atlatl which means fewer people = winning. We had no plans of camping on our visit but we got lucky and found an open campsite at Arch Rock Campground on 2.22.21. They are both first-come, first-serve, and cost $20/ night which includes your entry fee. There are covered picnic tables here.Valley of Fire Campground: There are two campgrounds inside Valley of Fire State Park: Arch Rock Campground and Atlatl Rock Campground. We did this last and ate a picnic lunch here. So you will passing other sites to see on the way here. This trail head is at an end of the park. We brought our dog, and a leashed dog on this staircase was tricky. And finishing the loop, uphill, towards the parking area, over a gradual incline. This way, while on the trail, you will be walking DOWN a nature made, rock staircase. For easiness, start the trail, between the trail signs, in the sand. Here is link to the trails within the park. I feel this is cooler then the Mouses Tank trail. I feel this may be the coolest hike at this park, for all ages and that can be done in a hour. This is a easy loop trail to White Domes Slot Canyon in Valley of Fire State Park.
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