Willy and I did Valley of Fire on our first weekend as nomads in the Southwest and LOVED it. It was an easy hour-long drive from Las Vegas, and had some views that were really out of this world.
Fire Wave Trail
I’ve always wanted to go to The Wave in the Vermillion Cliffs but they have a crazy lottery that’s nearly impossible to get a permit for. Fire Wave is basically a smaller version of that, so I was excited to do this for since I didn’t see myself being able to do the real thing anytime soon.
This was the first hike we did in the morning (and we were glad we did it early because there’s almost no shade). It’s a short hike but worth it for the views – we felt like we were on Mars!
White Domes Trail
White Domes is one of the most popular trails in the park, and the highlight for us was definitely the slot canyon (Willy was VERY excited, and not just because the slot canyon offered shade). There were also lots of random boulders scattered around that are fun to scramble as well. We almost got stuck on top of one, so if you’re gonna try to climb, make sure you can also climb down.
Mouse’s Tank
This hike was short and relatively easy and we did it in maybe 30 minutes, the views were nice, but not too different from the other ones we’d done at this point. One of the cool parts about this trail is that there are petroglyphs – we were able to see them really up close!
Fire Canyon
There are multiple trails in the Fire Canyon area and we did a very short one that took us out to this viewpoint. Overall, a short and easy but fun one!
