Charleston Peak (11,918 feet)

via Big Falls and Airplane Gully

A 12 mile class 3 loop with 4000 feet of elevation gain; descent via the South Loop Trail

Spring Mountains, Nevada

July 19, 2007


01At Mary Jane trailhead

02On Mary Jane trail

03On route to Big Falls drainage

04Views above

05Starting in drainage

06On route to Big Falls

07Approaching Big Falls

08Approaching Big Falls

09Mystery bird below the falls

10Mystery bird

11Big Falls dry this year

12On route to class 3 ledges

13Young White Firs

14Class 3 section to top of falls

15On route to the top

16Top of Big Falls

17Route to gully comes to view

18On route to the spring

19Hummingbirds are still here

20Break by the spring

21Photographing dragonfly

22Dragonfly

23Face to face

24Time to head up

25Thru the forest

26Thru another drainage

27Airplane Gully in view

28On route to gully

29Looking ahead in Gully

30Looking back

31Parts of plane wreck in gully

32Class 3 ahead on left

33In airplane Gully

34Class 3 climb

35On top

36Climbing

37Climbing

38Climbing

39Looking ahead

40Up the gully

41Spring

42Moss

43View of Mummy Mountain

44hCoyote Mint

45hButterfly on Mint

46hButterfly on Mint

47hFritillary enjoying nectar

48hCarole Fritillary

49Mr Tiny

50Palmers Chipmunk

51Looking ahead

52More scrambling above

53Looking at part of plane wreck

54Photographing part of a plane

55Plane part