Bridge Point (6,670') via Fern Canyon (North Fork of Pine Creek)

Red Rocks, Nevada

8 miles round trip; 2,670 feet of elevation gain

March 13, 2008


01Goal for today
02Starting on Pine Creek trail
03Bridge Point above
04Fern Canyon in the background
05View of Mescalito from trail

06Bighorn Sheep Rams are near
07Got attention of one
08One of the Rams
09The guys
10Rams of Red Rocks

11There were 12 of them total
12Two of 12
13Ram in sunlight
14
15The gals are near too

16Bighorn Sheep Ewes
17Bighorn Sheep Ewes
18The girls
19Two of them are very young
20Kids and Ewes

21There are 3 kids total
22We continue into Fern Canyon
23In Fern Canyon
24In Fern Canyon
25In Fern Canyon

26By a nice fern
27
28
29We continue up canyon
30Water flows through canyon

31Green pond
32Break by one of the ponds
33Break by one of the ponds
34Fern Canyon Waterfall
35The waterfall

36The waterfall
37View up canyon from top of waterfall
38
39Up the dryfall
40Above the canyon

41Yellow Monkey Flowers
42
43Up to next level of sandstone
44Look back at Paiute Wall
45On route

46Looking ahead on route
47On route
48On route
49Looking ahead on route
50Looking back- more Bighorns

51Looking back at Bighorns
52
53
54They are Ewes
55