Oak Peak (6,033 feet) in Red Rocks, Nevada

6.5-mile loop with over 2,200 feet of elevation gain

Up via South Fork of Oak Creek; down via North Fork of Oak Creek

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May 21, 2006

01On route to the trailhead	02Oak Creek trail and Mt. Wilson	03Indigo Bush	04Indigo Bush	05Large White Skipper
06Large White Skipper	07Large White Skipper	08On Oak Creek trail	09Cliff Rose	10Buckwheat
11Paperbag Bush aka Bladder Sage	12Rattlesnake Weed	13Rattlesnake Weed	14Paperbag Bush	15Beetle
16On route to the wash	17Buckwheat	18White Rhatany	19White Rhatany blooms	20On route to wash
21The wash	22In the wash	23Western Tailed Blue Butterfly	24Western Fence lizard	25The same lizard
26On route up canyon	27In main fork of Oak Creek	28Another lizard	29Bee on Yerba Santa	30On route up canyon
31Water in main fork	32California Sister Butterfly	33Grapes	34Western Fence lizard	35Young Red-spotted Toad
36Damselfly	37Young Red-spotted Toad	38Penstemons and grapes	39Angelica	40Canyon forks here
41On route to South fork of Oak Creek	42Western Fence lizard	43California Sister	44Side-blotched lizard	45South fork begins here
46On route up canyon	47On route up canyon	48On route up canyon	49On route up canyon	50Prickly Pear in bloom
51Prickly Pear blooms	52Yellow Monkey Flower	53On route up canyon	54View up canyon	55Yin-Yang Rock
56On route up canyon	57By first waterfall	58Climbing up first waterfall	59Climbing up	60On the way up