Las Vegas Mountaineers' Club Hike to:

Bridge Mountain (6, 940 feet) in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Up via North Peak Wash. 7 miles round trip; approximately 2,900 feet elevation gain

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April 21, 2006


01On Rocky Gap Road

02Our hike begins here

03Scrambling up the wash

04Scrambling up the wash

05On route up wash

06Chris- our fearless leader

07Group in North Peak Wash

08We continue up the wash

09David and group on route up wash

10Larry and Chris above the wash

11Janice and Michael

12Group and Bridge Mtn in distance

13David and group on route to Bridge

14Chris and group on route to Bridge

15On route to Bridge

16Bridge and natural pool below

17At Fern Canyon overlook

18Bridge Mtn is still far away

19Fern Canyon is ways below

20Chris and David

21By natural pool

22Natural pool

23On route to Bridge

24It is still overcast

25On route to Bridge

26Downclimb on route to Bridge

27Downclimb on route to Bridge

28Some more downclimbs

29Short break below the crack

30On route up the crack

31Larry on route to the crack

32Hiking up

33View of North Peak

34Janice by Bridge Mtn Arch

35Lizard on top of the arch

36Western Fence Lizard(male)

38Another Western Fence Lizard

39Western Fence Lizard(female)

40Scrambling above arch

41Female Western Fence hiding

42Group scrambling above arch

43View of Griffith Peak

44Large natural pool

45Natural pool and Griffith in distance

46Reflections

47Reflections

48View of the summit

49Small natural pool

50On route to the summit

51Janice on route to the summit

52On route to the summit

53On route to the summit

54Group on the summit

55Group on the summit

56Group on the summit

57Our sign-in in the register

58With Janice below the summit

59Natural pool below the summit

60Descending

61Western Fence Lizard(male)