Great Basin National Park - Custom, Private Adventure w/ Pro Photography
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Elite Custom Adventures provides Las Vegas' best private, custom adventure photography tours. These are YOUR trips and we make sure that you are able to get the most out of them. ECA will work with out guests to: Create an itinerary based on their personal trip goals. Prepare the group for the adventure. Provide transportation to all locations. Provide high quality food, drinks, and snacks for all meals. Provide guide and safety services during all park activities. Document the experience with the highest quality professional photo and videography. Guests will be able to spend road time with their group and arrive at their destination rested, rather than behind a wheel. And rather than taking it in from a camera viewfinder, guests will be able to remain engaged with their loved ones during the most special moments and still get the best shot. Booking with ECA allows you to combine the best of hiring a professional outdoor guide and a professional photographer, all in one.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Elite Custom Adventures
Day 1 Nevada High Desert, Wheeler Peak, and Stargazing in International Dark Sky Park
Stop At: Wheeler Peak
Superb hiking opportunities exist in Great Basin, including climbing the 13,000 ft. Wheeler Peak. From here, you stand on the second highest peak in Nevada gazing from the Alpine to Sub Alpine to Forrest to High Desert to Desert in every direction. It’s a unique and dramatic change of climates that is rarely seen elsewhere.
Duration: 3 hour
Stop At: Great Basin National Park
One of the big draws of the park is going through so many ecosystems in such a short time. We will be standing on alpine, looking across sub alpine, forrest, high desert, and desert, each of which we will be able to explore.
Duration: 2 hour
Stop At: Great Basin National Park
Great Basin is the #1 National Park for stargazing based on lack of light pollution and is a certified International Dark Sky Park. We will work to schedule trips based on ideal Milky Way positioning, lack of moon, atmosphere clarity, and cloud cover. It should be noted that the conditions for stargazing can simply never be guaranteed.
Duration: 2 hour
Day 2 Bristlecone Pines, Grey Cliffs, Pyramid Peak Loop
Stop At: Bristlecone Trails
The other big payoff of Great Basin is seeing the Bristlecone Pine, known as the oldest living organisms on earth. A tree in Great Basin known as Prometheus was shown to be 4,900 years old until it died, shifting the record to another Bristlecone Pine in the White Mountains of California. Since that time, more samples have been shown to be over 5000 years old. Great Basin has one of the largest collections, encompassing three groves across the park. None of the groves are particularly easy to access and involve significant hiking.
Duration: 3 hour
Stop At: Great Basin National Park
The southern portion of the park features the Grey Cliffs and winds below Wheeler peak. Groups will have an option of hikes of numerous lengths/difficulties in the Pyramid Peak area.
Duration: 4 hour
Stop At: Great Basin National Park
As we take in the last of the sunset from the mountains, we will check live cloud cover and attempt to take a route back to Las Vegas that allows for stargazing and astrophotography if the opportunity had not been presented up to this point. Again, this cannot be fully guaranteed.
Duration: 1 hour
