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The GPS trace. Distance was ~6 miles. The southern ascent route is "normal"; the northern descent route was a bit iffy, since we didn't really know the way, and came across very sporadic cairns. |
Early in the trip, looking WSW. A key is here. |
Desert 4 O'Clocks. |
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Larkspur. |
Beavertail cactus flowers. |
View East, as Pierre chugs up past some AYC flowers in Juniper Canyon. |
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Hyacinth. (Bouquet, not Bucket!) |
Another hyacinth. |
Climber east of Rainbow Wall. |
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View south into Juniper Canyon. |
View ESE toward southern Las Vegas. |
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Standard shot of Pierre rebuilding the cairn. |
Look at me! Bridge Mt (left) and Bridge Point (right) are in the background. |
I jumped so fast, I compressed time and made the shot blurry. Pierre was almost knocked over by the time-compression waves. |
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Look at me! Returning to earth. |
Almost down by Pine Creek, view ESE. When you come to the top of a huge dryfall just before Pine Cr., don't despair; traverse west along this ramp. |
Making our way back to Pine Creek. We kept crawling through brush, hoping to spot the rare Red Rock Dog Tick, but we saw none of those particular arachnids. |
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Heading E in Pine Creek, past redbuds. ("Why are they called Redbuds?" Pierre asked, "They are purple." I explained, "We're Americans, we just do things like that unilaterally.") |
Water was still flowing, but there were a lot of algae-laden pools. This is going to be a nasty mosquito season for Red Rock. |
I have no idea what these are. My index finger provides scale. |
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Globe Mallows. |
More Mallows with red arthropods. |
Prickly Pear and arthropods. |
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Utah Penstemon (Firecrackers). |
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