First Creek Peak (5,990 feet)

A 7.5-mile loop which starts at the First Creek Trailhead.

Red Rocks, Nevada

April 25, 2008

71Break under a Ponderosa	72Ponderosa needles	73Break under a Ponderosa	74Break under a Ponderosa	75Start heading up here
76Look back	77En route up First Creek Peak	78En route up First Creek Peak	79Fellow Hiker	80
81It is steep	82Dudleya in bloom	83Dudleya blooms	84Claret Cup cactus	85Already blooming
86En route	87En route	88En route	89Looking ahead on route	90First Creek down below
91En route	92View of Mt Wilson route	93Choose your route	94Traverse option3	95Chute option2
96In the chute option1	97Emerging from chute option1	98Looking ahead	99Start of exposed but easy traverse	100Summit is near now
111On route to summit block	112Looking down to First Creek	113Climbing summit block	114Climbing summit block	115Summit of First Creek Peak
116Summit vistas	117Summit vistas	118First Creek is far below	119Tricky descent off summit block	120Descending summit block
121Descending	122Back on the traverse	123Traversing	124Traversing	125Traversing
126Descent chute into the canyon	127In the descent chute	128Descending	129Look back	130Look back at the traverse
131Descending to First Creek Canyon	132Back at Cascading Falls	133GPS trace of the route	134Profile of the route