Juniper Peak (6,109 feet) in Red Rock, Nevada

Via Pine Creek trail, Fire Ecology trail and Juniper Canyon

5.5 miles round trip; 2,109 feet elevation gain. For topo and profile click here

May 6, 2006

01Juniper Peak	02On the scenic loop drive	03Globemallow and Juniper	04Perching bird	05Lizard
06On route to Juniper Canyon	07Blue Sage	08Prickly Pear Cactus bloom	09Prickly Pear bloom	10Tiny spider on cactus bloom
11On route to Juniper Canyon	12Lizards fighting	13One of the fighters	14Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus	15View of Juniper Canyon
16In Juniper Canyon	17Hiking up Juniper Canyon	18Hiking up Juniper Canyon	19Wild Hyacinth	20In Juniper Canyon
21Gunsight Notch	22Ponderosas and Gunsight Notch	23Brownstone Wall	24Juvenile Western Fence Lizard	25Side-blotched Lizard
26On route to the summit	27Above Juniper Canyon	28Above Juniper Canyon	29View of Cloud Tower	30Claret Cup in bloom
31On route to the summit	32Tadpoles in tiny waterhole	33The way up	34The way up	35Rainbow Wall in the back
36On route to the summit	37View of Bridge Mountain	38Male Ponderosa Pine cone	39On route to summit	40Summit
41Summit and view of Bridge Mtn	42On the summit	43Rainbow Peak in the back	44View of Rainbow Wall	45View into Juniper Canyon
46Descending	47Cloud Tower	48Cloud tower	49Climber on Cloud tower	50Rainbow Wall
51Beautiful Cloud Tower	52Ponderosa Pines by the creek	53Back at Fire Ecology trail	54Baby Pacific Tree Frog	55Juniper Peak before sunset
56Wild Burro	57Wild Burros	58Mother and a baby	59Mother and a baby	60Baby and mother
61Baby Burro	62Penstemons