Mount Wilson (7,070 feet)

Red Rock's Highest Point, Nevada

Via First Creek and the Hidden Bowl. 8.5 miles up and back with about 3500 feet of elevation gain.

March 18, 2007


01View of Mt Wilson from trail

02Mount Wilson and Joshua

03Joshua Tree bud

04Another pretty Joshua

05Joshua with flower buds

06Joshua flowers turning into fruits

07On First Creek trail

08Ponderosas and Wilson cliffs

09Side-blotched Lizard

10In First Creek

11The spring

12Monkeyflowers by the spring

13Monkeyflower

14Looking up canyon

15Close-up of First Creek Peak

16In First Creek

17Cascading Falls in view

18Arriving at top of the falls

19Arriving at top of the falls

20We are out of the canyon

21On route to Hidden Bowl

22On route to Hidden Bowl

23Hidden Bowl comes to view

24Hidden Bowl in the back

25On route up Hidden Bowl

26On route up Hidden Bowl

27It is steep

28In the chute

29On route to ridge

30Close-up of South Wilson

31South Wilson in the back

32The way up

33On route to ridge

34On the ridge

35On the ridge

36Summit view from ridge

37Looking down from ridge

38Wilson cliffs

39Red tip of cliff is summit

40Close-up of the summit

41Wilson cliffs

42Wilson cliffs

43Along the ridge

44View of the top

45Close-up

46View of Rainbow Mountain

47With Rainbow Mountain

48Summit is near

49View of the summit

50On route to summit

52On route to summit

53Wilson cliffs

54On the summit block

55On the summit

56On the summit

57On the summit

58Summit cairn and vistas

59On the summit

60Summit vistas

61Summit vistas

62Summit vistas

63On the summit

64By survey marker

65Survey marker

66Another survey marker

67Descending

68GPS trace of our route

69GPS Profile