Mescalito (5, 440 feet) in Red Rocks, Nevada

Up and back via the South Fork of Pine Creek and Mescalito Canyon.

7 miles round trip with over 1500 feet of elevation gain.

March 11, 2007

01Pine Creek area	02Mescalito close-up	03On Pine Creek Trail	04On Pine Creek Trail	05View of Mount Wilson
06Magic Mountain	07On route to South Fork	08Goal for today	09In Pine Creek	10Mescalito reflected
11In Pine Creek	12Moss	13In Mescalito Canyon	14Looking out of the canyon	15On route up Mescalito Canyon
16Looking up towards ridge	17In Mescalito Canyon	18The way up	19On route to ridge	20Lizard climbing up too
21On route to ridge	22Bighorn Sheep prints	23Size perspective of the prints	24On route to ridge	25On route to ridge
26On route to ridge	27On route to ridge	28On route to ridge	29On route to ridge	30Boulder soon to fall
31Windblown tree above	32Windblown tree on the ridge	33In chute leading to ridge	34View of back side of Mescalito	35On the ridge
36Ponderosa on ridge	37Ponderosa and Mescalito	38Ponderosa needles	39Looking inside Ponderosa leaves	40Break on the ridge
41Bridge Mtn and Point	42Weathered Pinion Pine	43On route to Mescalito	44Manzanita Bush	45Manzanita blooms
46On route to the summit	47Summit comes to view	48On Mescalito	49On Mescalito	50On the summit
51On the summit	52Summit vistas	53On Mescalito	54Summit vistas	55Looking down into Pine Creek
56On Mescalito	57More summit vistas	58Pine Creek view	59GPS trace of our route	60Profile of the hike