Eldorado Canyon is located about three miles southeast of Dayton, Nevada in the Pine Nut Mountains. It is a desert canyon with a meandering creek, willow trees, cottonwoods, sagebrush, and a wide variety of high desert vegetation. It is walled on both sides by rocky slopes, punctuated with unusual formations and weird shaped volcanic mud flows. Deer, wild horses, coyotes, cougars, and many varieties of small wild animals and birds call the canyon home.
Smoke drifts up from the wood stove at our cozy camp in Eldorado Canyon.
Early spring in Nevada is a time of unsettled weather conditions. Susan, Cindy, Carolyn, Maya and Annalisa don't let a little wet weather dampen their spirits. On Sunday, March 22, Dennis and Michaele Tristram, owners and operators of Tin Cup Adventures, met five eager campers at the mouth of Eldorado Canyon for a four day horse packing trip. Tin Cup Adventures is a horse and mule packing outfit operating in the Mt. Rose Wilderness and the Pine Nut Mountains. Even though the weather was supposed to be wet off and on the next few days, the campers would be provided with tents and a warm wood stove for their stay.