Bridge Mountain and North Peak

7.6 miles (up and back) starting at the North Peak Path off the Rocky Gap Road

Red Rocks, Nevada

May 26, 2008


00Bridge Point and Mountain

01Goals for today

02North Peak

03Parking on Rocky Gap Road

04Henry on North Peak Path

05On North Peak Path

06On North Peak Path

07Look back at North Peak

08Looking ahead on route

09View of Bridge Mountain

10Hummingbird silhouette

11Bettter view of Bridge Mountain

12Claret Cup Cactus

13Claret Cup blooms

14Bridge Mountain now much closer

15Antelope Horns Milkweed

16Antelope Horns Milkweed

17Zooming down to Mescalito

18Surprise below first crack

19Bighorn mom and kid

20Ewe and her Lamb

21Ewe leaving

22Bye guys

23View of North Peak

24Bridge Mountain Arch

25The other side of the Arch

26Shallow Tinaja

27Reflections

28In tinaja

29Summit pyramid of Bridge Mtn

30The Hidden Forest

31The Hidden Forest

32Top of Bridge Mountain

33Top of Bridge Mountain

34Ponderosa Pine

35a- Summit shot

35b- Summit shot

36Self-portrait on Bridge Mtn

37Summit vistas

38Summit vistas

39Summit vistas

40Distant Griffith Peak in clouds

40Tinaja right below the summit

41Tinaja

42Looking down at Hidden Forest

43The Hidden Forest- Ponderosas

44Looking ahead

45The deep tinaja

46Look back at cracks and summit

47Looking ahead on return trip

48Vistas

49Vistas

50Look back at Bridge Mountain

51Antelope Horns Milkweed

52Antelope Horns Milkweed