It's great they made this into an official hiking trail . I hiked this in 1987. No benches , no signs. Was rough going. I parked at the casino that was nearby, believe it was called the lucky strike. Made it to the old rail line and I popped out of tunnel 3 or 4 and found myself face to face with one of those bighorn sheep less than 40 feet away. Thing was huge. He made a slight move towards me and I'm thinking oh shyt. Then he shot up the side of that cliff like you wouldn't believe. I continued on with my eyes peeled high and low only to find the last tunnel was sealed. Awesome experience I'll never forget.
Gold Strike. Had tons of character (and an awesome coffee shop). It's a shame it burned down - what they replaced it with is another soulless corporate piece of crap.
I’ve hiked that tail many many years ago, while going through one of the tunnels, I noticed a loose brick/ rock on the wall, I pulled on it and low and behold was a piece of paper with a pencil, people had added their names to the list of those that were lucky enough to find it, so of course we added ours, and tucked it back and put the rock/ brick back in its place.
This shit is SO cool! I love the leftover bits of history like this. This isn’t the Hoover dam, but without this the Hoover dam wouldn’t exist. Every person working on the dam would have seen it and known about it, but afterwards it was just left behind, like a footprint in a cave. So many tiny parts of history like this are forgotten in favor of the larger or shinier ones. Thanks for showing me this, I love it!
I just did this late May 2023. All told I was on the trail for 5 1/2 hrs start to finish with a 45 minute break at the Hoover Dam gift shop. Even though I’m a Floridian and use to warm weather it was a bit of a challenge. So glad I did it and so happy my memory is preserved on your excellent video.
10:27 "... it's incredible to think about the backbreaking labor of the men who build this railrod trail using 1930's equipment." So true. Thanks for sharing another of your visits.
As i came from Sydney, Australia and I stayed in Phoenix for 3 weeks last March, So one day, I visited Hoover Dam for couple of hours and it was very interesting. So I want to thank you for great sharing and it is so much appreciated. Cheers.
I've been a resident of Nevada since 1965 and I had no idea about that boneyard and trail . Thanks for sharing , Imy family did the Dam tour in 1964 ish , I recently did it again , because of the security now the tour is a small example of what it once was .
Imagine being the Mom and Pop stucco installation company near Las Vegas and they come to you and say, "Have we got a job for you." Those tunnels are massive - they probably put their kids through college once those jobs were completed.
I got up there a few years ago on tour, I've never regretted it! Because I worked on another hydroelectric job up in Yosemite National Park back in 1980! We had the power plant built entirely inside of a mountain it was amazing to see! It's still running today and I'm retired!!
Wow Steve, Great Video. I have Driven Right by here & Never Stopped. I was in kind of a Hurry Driving to my Family Reunion. This Video was Full of History & Great Information. You Did a Really Good job. Thank you for Sharing ❤ I Enjoyed it
Nice one Steve. Yeah just think every foot of that railroad and tunnels right. Ragtown is new to me, but of course a lot of the guys found some bars up the road right lol. Well we’ve got snow in the mountains hope some makes it to Lake Mead.
EXCELLENT STEVE!,,,NOT 5G BUT BIG ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD..,,359M,WELL SHAME ON THE AIR INDUSTRY MUCKING UP THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY LIKE THAT,ITS REAL BAD HERE IN MAINE AND ABOUT EVERY DAY.. THAT TRAIL LOOKS COOL AND BONE YARD EVEN COOLER.. BEST WISHES,SAFE TRAVELS
I’ve been to the dam but drove in and then took a tour of the inside. I wasn’t aware of the railroad trail. That was very interesting. Thanks for sharing. 👍☮️🌞❤️
I've been on that dam tour! 😄 I still have my souvenir hardhat. Fascinating but if you're trying to get somewhere, it is not the first thing you want to do since it does take a decent amount of time, but it's history you HAVE to see at some point! I always loved driving that road over the dam. I did it many times before the bridge as constructed. I kind of wish they hadn't have closed it on the one side because it was a nice drive. What I would have preferred was to limit it to light passenger vehicles only just to limit the traffic jam that you used to see. Maybe with like a 50 cent or $1 toll per vehicle. Have to imagine that this would have been a good money maker.
I actually went here for the first time a few months ago. It truly is amazing and that little deli inside literally had the BEST burger I've ever had and it wasn't very expensive.
Thanks so much for this video. Your comments and attention to detail is appreciated. I've been a Hoover dam aficionado since I was little. Finally visited it in 2014. Next time, I'll be walking this trail.
Funny you mention that. For some reason it never occurred to me before this vid, but when he go to the parking lot I thought "Man, even with the grey hair this guy's heart must be like a locomotive."
Looking at those railroad trestles, I always marvel at the amount of lumber used. Considering the location out there on the desert, it must have cost an additional small fortune to truck all that lumber in from the forests. Very interesting video. Thanks.
I did not know about this trail, I lived in Henderson a couple of times. Been fishing below the dam that was an awesome experience, been inside for a tour too. Thanks for the share.
I wish that there was a nice little tram-style railcar that would use the Railroad Pass RoW between Henderson and the Dam for a cute little tourist-route!
@@robtorres I was quite surprised that NDOT or whoever was in charge of building the Boulder City Bypass decided to actually preserve the railroad by building the bridge over I-11
I suscribe to alot of utube channels and i firmly believe that success can made or broke by the sound of your voice. Steves voice is not only well suited to narration his cadence is relaxed in just the right way
As always Steve, my thanks to you & your "crew" for another peek into the SW corner of your fantastic country!! Love those suspicious activity signs, real Pink Panther stuff. uk
The thing I appreciate is your attention to detail, whether it's a random marker in the desert, an abandoned driveway or this important part of our nation's history. Thank you ☺️
Great low key walk, but you filled it with information! I live in Boulder City, having moved here from San Diego. I’ve been able to explore the pieces of history still remaining from the dam builders. I love the area! Thanks for encouraging more visitors to come enjoy our area!
Absolutely love this video sir! You did a superb job in telling the story and describing what it would feel like being there. I think you found your calling!
Elegantly done, Mr. Adventures! This episode is very cinematographic as well as informative, interesting, etc. Thanks for your painstaking work documenting the real world.
I really enjoy the historical context you provide in your videos. Gives me a much broader view of what it all means and how it relates to what we are living today, as well as what it took for us to be where we are. Thanks, always worth while! 🙂
Thank you so much for your informstive journeys through history. Wish I had this information a few years agon when I wintered in Yuma. I would have explored off road a lot. I did hike up the Brown Range just E of Yuma. Was a challenging hike. Didn.'t make it to the crash site but tried. Thanks again.
Although I’m not 100% certain, I think at the end of the video you captured the pillbox on the top of the hill that was constructed to protect the dam during WWII. It’s a pretty interesting piece of history too.
Great video👍 Out of all the times we've done the trail we never went far enough to know there's a bike rack there! We're going to bike and walk the dam next time for sure, thanks for that info. You picked the perfect time for the trail too it's hiking season in the desert🌵 There is a little shortcut (steep!) you can drop down to the trail behind the lodge also if the main lot is full or you want to hike a tunnel and return. The boating though... I'm sure anything below 65 or so is FREEZING on the lake (at least for the warm blooded folk)😂
Great video thanks for the info. Will be taking a trip out there early December will differently bike that trail especially when I didn’t know it existed.
Would be great on bike. The Lake Mead part was really well graded. They don't allow bikes at the Hoover Dam but there is a bike rack right before you get to the parking garage.
Funny how no one is allowed to walk on an easy trail in the summer, but the people who built the dam worked 363 days a year. Yes we have it good now, no reason to complain about little things.
Myself and a couple of friends hiked this maybe around 1980-81, we used to off road to a beach off of Hemenway, one day we decided to hike up to the tunnels. At that time it was nothing more than an abandoned relic that was gated off on the casino end and the last tunnel was fenced off and you could see it was partially collapsed inside.
It's great they made this into an official hiking trail . I hiked this in 1987. No benches , no signs. Was rough going. I parked at the casino that was nearby, believe it was called the lucky strike. Made it to the old rail line and I popped out of tunnel 3 or 4 and found myself face to face with one of those bighorn sheep less than 40 feet away. Thing was huge. He made a slight move towards me and I'm thinking oh shyt. Then he shot up the side of that cliff like you wouldn't believe. I continued on with my eyes peeled high and low only to find the last tunnel was sealed. Awesome experience I'll never forget.
Gold Strike. Had tons of character (and an awesome coffee shop). It's a shame it burned down - what they replaced it with is another soulless corporate piece of crap.
Thanks for your interesting story old timer. Jk I love any history that has to do with our beautiful state of Nevada. ❤
I’ve hiked that tail many many years ago, while going through one of the tunnels, I noticed a loose brick/ rock on the wall, I pulled on it and low and behold was a piece of paper with a pencil, people had added their names to the list of those that were lucky enough to find it, so of course we added ours, and tucked it back and put the rock/ brick back in its place.
This shit is SO cool! I love the leftover bits of history like this. This isn’t the Hoover dam, but without this the Hoover dam wouldn’t exist. Every person working on the dam would have seen it and known about it, but afterwards it was just left behind, like a footprint in a cave. So many tiny parts of history like this are forgotten in favor of the larger or shinier ones. Thanks for showing me this, I love it!
I just did this late May 2023. All told I was on the trail for 5 1/2 hrs start to finish with a 45 minute break at the Hoover Dam gift shop. Even though I’m a Floridian and use to warm weather it was a bit of a challenge. So glad I did it and so happy my memory is preserved on your excellent video.
10:27
"... it's incredible to think about the backbreaking labor of the men who build this railrod trail using 1930's equipment."
So true. Thanks for sharing another of your visits.
Awesome adventure. Thank you for sharing. Safe and fun travels to you.
As i came from Sydney, Australia and I stayed in Phoenix for 3 weeks last March, So one day, I visited Hoover Dam for couple of hours and it was very interesting. So I want to thank you for great sharing and it is so much appreciated. Cheers.
I've been a resident of Nevada since 1965 and I had no idea about that boneyard and trail .
Thanks for sharing , Imy family did the Dam tour in 1964 ish , I recently did it again , because of the security now the tour is a small example of what it once was .
I was there in 1972. I did not know about the railway. I love your adventures.🚗🛤
Thank you.
1970 and hoover dam was a magnificent sight to see. We walked over the damn that was open at the time on a trip from Tucson to Las Vegas.
I've been to the dam a number of times but never knew about that old railroad trail. Thanks.
Your trips l find very inspiring, l feel right there with you. If your wife and son are with you show them!
Thank You for letting “walk” with you. Shame the lake level so low. It was very interesting. Again, THANK YOU 🙏
That hike looks like the best way to see Hoover Dam,
Avoids paying for parking too!
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing this!
Real nice calm-soothing presentation.
I truly enjoyed this video. Very informative, now i know what i need to know before i go on that trail myself! Thank you!!!
Another great video. I've been in this area many times since the 80s and didn't know this trail was here. Thanks!
Imagine being the Mom and Pop stucco installation company near Las Vegas and they come to you and say, "Have we got a job for you." Those tunnels are massive - they probably put their kids through college once those jobs were completed.
I got up there a few years ago on tour, I've never regretted it! Because I worked on another hydroelectric job up in Yosemite National Park back in 1980! We had the power plant built entirely inside of a mountain it was amazing to see! It's still running today and I'm retired!!
Wow Steve, Great Video. I have Driven Right by here & Never Stopped. I was in kind of a Hurry Driving to my Family Reunion. This Video was Full of History & Great Information. You Did a Really Good job. Thank you for Sharing ❤ I Enjoyed it
Nice one Steve. Yeah just think every foot of that railroad and tunnels right. Ragtown is new to me, but of course a lot of the guys found some bars up the road right lol. Well we’ve got snow in the mountains hope some makes it to Lake Mead.
thanks for teaching me something you really enjoy, think I learned to like learning and wow I learned why people like scenic views and stuff.
EXCELLENT STEVE!,,,NOT 5G BUT BIG ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD..,,359M,WELL SHAME ON THE AIR INDUSTRY MUCKING UP THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY LIKE THAT,ITS REAL BAD HERE IN MAINE AND ABOUT EVERY DAY..
THAT TRAIL LOOKS COOL AND BONE YARD EVEN COOLER..
BEST WISHES,SAFE TRAVELS
Another wonderful video! I appreciate you over dubbing so you don't hear the sound of your footsteps.
One of your more scenic and well-done presentations. Very informative and well-researched. Thank you for a very pleasing excursion!
Great video. We will
Be sure to take the railroad trail on our next visit.
Thank you for giving this presentation. I have visited the dam several times, but not since the new bridge was built.
I’ve been to the dam but drove in and then took a tour of the inside. I wasn’t aware of the railroad trail. That was very interesting. Thanks for sharing. 👍☮️🌞❤️
I'm surprised there's nothing at the dam about it. I'm sure a few people would like to check out the boneyard at least.
Thanks Steve. I enjoyed it.
I don't live far, I'm going to have to check that out! Thanks Steve.
A true marvel of human accomplishment. Thx for this very peaceful, insightful and enjoyable tour.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been on that dam tour! 😄 I still have my souvenir hardhat. Fascinating but if you're trying to get somewhere, it is not the first thing you want to do since it does take a decent amount of time, but it's history you HAVE to see at some point! I always loved driving that road over the dam. I did it many times before the bridge as constructed. I kind of wish they hadn't have closed it on the one side because it was a nice drive. What I would have preferred was to limit it to light passenger vehicles only just to limit the traffic jam that you used to see. Maybe with like a 50 cent or $1 toll per vehicle. Have to imagine that this would have been a good money maker.
I actually went here for the first time a few months ago. It truly is amazing and that little deli inside literally had the BEST burger I've ever had and it wasn't very expensive.
Excellent tour..... thanks
Thank you very much, well done and much appreciated.
Another great adventure, Steve !!! Thanks for taking us along !!!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks so much for this video. Your comments and attention to detail is appreciated. I've been a Hoover dam aficionado since I was little. Finally visited it in 2014. Next time, I'll be walking this trail.
Another Great video and interesting history. 👍
Only found out about the tunnels because of ghost adventures 😂 glad you covered them too. Love these videos you do.
Great historical tour. Thank you.
Thanks for taking my suggestion! Another great vid!
Excellent video!
Thank you for the trek. I feel the need to go do this one for myself.
Fantastic trek Steve ! You guys have exercised like Olympians these past years.....Thank you for taking us !!!
Cheers from Detroit 🇺🇲
Funny you mention that. For some reason it never occurred to me before this vid, but when he go to the parking lot I thought "Man, even with the grey hair this guy's heart must be like a locomotive."
Wow, that was a huge effort (both for the builders, and you hiking up it!)
great video and great vibe... thank you for posting
well done as always
I’ve watched multiple vids on this trail/route and yours is by far the best. Great job!! 🤘🤘
I look forward to your weekly travels. Thanks for allowing us to come along.
Thank you for watching every week.
Looking at those railroad trestles, I always marvel at the amount of lumber used. Considering the location out there on the desert, it must have cost an additional small fortune to truck all that lumber in from the forests. Very interesting video. Thanks.
Nah they brought everything by train
I wish I had know about that trail when I was at Hoover Dam. Great Video as always Steve.
Thank you.
I did not know about this trail, I lived in Henderson a couple of times. Been fishing below the dam that was an awesome experience, been inside for a tour too. Thanks for the share.
I wish that there was a nice little tram-style railcar that would use the Railroad Pass RoW between Henderson and the Dam for a cute little tourist-route!
@@robtorres I was quite surprised that NDOT or whoever was in charge of building the Boulder City Bypass decided to actually preserve the railroad by building the bridge over I-11
I suscribe to alot of utube channels and i firmly believe that success can made or broke by the sound of your voice. Steves voice is not only well suited to narration his cadence is relaxed in just the right way
As always Steve, my thanks to you & your "crew" for another peek into the SW corner of your fantastic country!! Love those suspicious activity signs, real Pink Panther stuff. uk
Excellent video thanks
I bet the inside of those tunnels are really cool in the summer.
I would love to do this hike one day
The thing I appreciate is your attention to detail, whether it's a random marker in the desert, an abandoned driveway or this important part of our nation's history. Thank you ☺️
Thank you, i appreciate it.
Great video and details of the history of the dam. I first visited it in 1958 as a 6 year old kid and very impressed.
Another great one! Drone shots would be great too.
Great low key walk, but you filled it with information!
I live in Boulder City, having moved here from San Diego. I’ve been able to explore the pieces of history still remaining from the dam builders. I love the area!
Thanks for encouraging more visitors to come enjoy our area!
Wow I never knew the trail existed. Another great video
Your vlogs are so informative about Arizona. Wow !! 👌👌👌👌👌👏
Very nicely done. Informative. Great video.
Wow, you do such a wonderful job with your posts...thank you so much
Glad you like them!
Another great history lesson and travel adventure - Thanks!
Absolutely love this video sir! You did a superb job in telling the story and describing what it would feel like being there. I think you found your calling!
This is great history Steve....
Elegantly done, Mr. Adventures! This episode is very cinematographic as well as informative, interesting, etc. Thanks for your painstaking work documenting the real world.
Very well done video. Enjoyed a bike ride on this trail a couple years back. What a beautiful area and overlook
I really enjoy the historical context you provide in your videos. Gives me a much broader view of what it all means and how it relates to what we are living today, as well as what it took for us to be where we are. Thanks, always worth while! 🙂
That is my favorite place in the world.
Thank you so much for your informstive journeys through history. Wish I had this information a few years agon when I wintered in Yuma. I would have explored off road a lot. I did hike up the Brown Range just E of Yuma. Was a challenging hike. Didn.'t make it to the crash site but tried.
Thanks again.
I really like your videos. You are so detailed in your explorations. Thanks for sharing
Looks like a peaceful adventure!
Great research on all your videos. Thanks
One of your best! I really enjoyed it. Great job.
Thank you for sharing this video I really enjoyed it thanks to check out in the future.
Very informative and captivating.
I really appreciate your videos on historic sites and trails in AZ and Socal. Keep up the good work. 😊
Excellent information- this is a fun night hike when the moon is full.
That had to of been brutal work in the heat!
I'd definitely want to be on the night shift.
Although I’m not 100% certain, I think at the end of the video you captured the pillbox on the top of the hill that was constructed to protect the dam during WWII. It’s a pretty interesting piece of history too.
I feel like when I was a kid you could get near it, but last year I noticed there were no trespassing signs up there.
Great video. I’ll plan to visit this trail next time I’m in Vegas.
Great video👍 Out of all the times we've done the trail we never went far enough to know there's a bike rack there! We're going to bike and walk the dam next time for sure, thanks for that info. You picked the perfect time for the trail too it's hiking season in the desert🌵 There is a little shortcut (steep!) you can drop down to the trail behind the lodge also if the main lot is full or you want to hike a tunnel and return. The boating though... I'm sure anything below 65 or so is FREEZING on the lake (at least for the warm blooded folk)😂
I figured it was too cold but it was surprising to see no boats since the last time I was there was in the summer and there were boats everywhere.
That is a great dam tour.
Another great video!
It took me a long time to build this.
Thanks guy I live here you are a great commentator !❤
Very well done. Followed along most of it with G Earth ground view.
Wow, that's cool. Nice that they are adding more trails to Google Earth.
Absolutely stunning work bud, this was enjoyable and funny 🔥🔥
Thank you!
Great Video! keep them coming!
Great video thanks for the info. Will be taking a trip out there early December will differently bike that trail especially when I didn’t know it existed.
Would be great on bike. The Lake Mead part was really well graded. They don't allow bikes at the Hoover Dam but there is a bike rack right before you get to the parking garage.
Funny how no one is allowed to walk on an easy trail in the summer, but the people who built the dam worked 363 days a year. Yes we have it good now, no reason to complain about little things.
Interesting, I'll add it to my to do list on places to go when I head to AZ for the winter
Myself and a couple of friends hiked this maybe around 1980-81, we used to off road to a beach off of Hemenway, one day we decided to hike up to the tunnels. At that time it was nothing more than an abandoned relic that was gated off on the casino end and the last tunnel was fenced off and you could see it was partially collapsed inside.
Just started following your vlogs Love it
54 would be freezing to most Lake Mead boaters.