
Worthington Mountains Wilderness Trailhead kiosk. We started up a social trail along the slope ahead. Just above the sign is the major notch we're headed for.

Then we dropped left into this rocky wash. Note the notch left of center, our first destination.

We headed left at a fork toward the notch seen center.

Ordnance remains within the drainage.

View back as we progress to the notch.

It gets steeper and more boulder-hoppy.

Loose terrain as we ascend the gully and up to the notch.

Navigating through debris. There were often hints of a social trail.


View back down as we navigate around a minor cliff band, Class 2/3.

View down at a cliff band we had to wrap around.

Nearing the top of the notch.

Some light Class 3 scrambling to gain the top of the notch.

Above the notch, we used a social trail up the subsequent slope and made it to the ridge to the north of Meeker Peak.

We could have dropped down the opposite side and gone down to Leviathan Cave, but we wanted to reach Meeker Peak first. So, we continued south, wrapping well beneath the west side of a sub-peak, side-hilling beneath lots of limestone cliffies.

A short Class 3 move along the way.

Meeker Peak comes into view as we reemerge on the the ridgeline after wrapping around a sub-peak.

Along the ridgeline to Meeker Peak.

View back. We came around from the center of this photo, avoiding the lump seen on the right.

Gorgeous morning views in central Nevada. The slope ahead was steep and loose.

View back as we ascend the slope.

Approaching the crux, likely the only weakness up the summit cliff band, Class 4.

Matt on the Class 4 crux.

Matt starting up the cliff band.

Some Class 2/3 leads to the summit.

Class 3.

View back at the Class 3 below Meeker Peak.

Meeker Peak summit, view north the way we came.

Meeker Peak summit, view south.

After backtracking from Meeker Peak, we descended toward Leviathan Cave, seen center.

Matt coming down the slope.

The descent toward Leviathan Cave was really just a dirt slope, but there was one small cliff band we had to find a way around, Class 3. The cave is seen just ahead.

The sinkhole. We rappelled in from the lowest spot, seen left in this photo. In the center is just a false cave, but we explored it anyway.

We rappelled off a large boulder, but there were small trees we could have used too. I recommend a 100' rope so you can choose from carious anchor options. The drop is only about 30 feet.

Close-up of the rappel.

Down into the false cave.

View from within the entrance of the false cave.

Navigating into the false cave.

Already some cool features to look at.

Gorgeous features within the false cave.

At the end, looking up at a tall ceiling.

Great textures. This was a mosaic that was 20+ feet wide.

Matt inspecting a huge, colorful boulder.

Lumpy rock formations. I don't know anything about geology. It was just cool to enjoy the various shapes and colors.


Matt inspecting some bright-white stuff.

We continued to Leviathan Cave.

View at the gaping sinkhole. Our rappel entry point is seen center.

Down into Leviathan Cave.

So gorgeous. Matt seen bottom right for scale.

One more shot out before we lost the daylight.

Leviathan Cave is reached through a narrow crawl space. I didn't take a photo, but likely anyone can crawl through. It just required some effort to not get torn up while wearing shorts. This is shortly after entering the cave.

Absolutely fantastic stalagmites and stalactites.











This one looked like a weiner.

The featured pools found within Leviathan Cave.


Friend shot before heading out.
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