Boy Scout Canyon is a geothermal slot canyon in Black Canyon, just downstream from the base of Hoover Dam, where warm waterfalls pour over black volcanic rock, steam drifts out of the walls, and rope-assisted climbs lead to hot spring pools that most Las Vegas...
What Is the Best Month to Experience the Hoover Dam Black Canyon Kayak Tour? What is the best month to experience the Hoover Dam Black Canyon kayak tour? Plain and Simple the Answer is September. Warm enough to still hop in the cool river and very little wind. October...
The Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam has the kind of secrets people love to exaggerate: bodies in the concrete, hidden rooms, mystery tunnels, secret water releases, and stories too wild to be true. The real history is better. There are enormous pipes hidden inside the...
Hoover Dam looks motionless. The Colorado River below it is not. Behind the concrete face, water from Lake Mead enters intake towers, accelerates through enormous steel pipes, spins turbines, creates electricity, and returns to the river. Operators vary releases by...
Hoover Dam is not just a giant wall of concrete you photograph from an overlook. It is the entrance to Black Canyon, a working hydroelectric facility, a Great Depression engineering story, a network of historic tunnels, and the starting point for one of the most...
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