If you're one of the smart hikers who keeps a list of seasonal hikes - those that should be attempted only at some particular time of year - Fortification Hill should be near the top of your winter ...

Fortification Hill, just east of the Hoover Dam on the Arizona side of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, towers about 2,000 feet above Lake Mead’s Boulder Basin. Although it looks impenetrable, ...

This is part of an occasional series of articles about places in Southern Nevada few people go. All right, so it turned out to be not exactly a place few people go. On the drive to the trail head, we ...