Mar 07, 2019 — Potosi Mountain is a high-prominence peak on the southern end of the Spring Mountains. It has a road leading to its summit if coming from the south, but I had no interest in hiking a road. Instead, I parked at a historical marker for the Potosi Mine after driving a graded road. I started along an old dirt road until it ends, leaving it to ascend steeply up a spur ridge on Potosi Mountain's extended west ridge. While the bushwhacking was minimal overall, there was a lot of tree and brush-doding. I followed over limestone slabs and mostly easy terrain, even if there were a lot of hardy bushes to zig-zag around. I encountered some snow, a rarity for me, and tried to ignore the fact that my feet would be very cold soon. There is a false summit about a mile from Potosi Mountain's true summit. Descending from this false summit requires a short section of Class 3 to get down to the saddle, but the remainder of the hike was pretty much just typical Spring Mountains steep slope walking (limestone slabs, easily avoidable brush, etc.). There's a big radio tower on the summit, but you get decent views of Las Vegas and Red Rock Canyon NCA.
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