Juniper Peak (6,109 feet) in Red Rock, Nevada

Via Juniper Canyon

6 miles round trip; over 2000 feet of elevation gain.

April 8 , 2007

01Cliffrose along Scenic Loop	02Cliffrose blooms	03Juniper Peak	04Near the creek	05Pine Creek
06Juniper Canyon	07Among Juniper Trees	08Magic Mtn and Rose Tower	09Side-blotched female lizard	10On route to Juniper Canyon
11Rainbow Wall towers above	12Juniper Canyon in view	13On route into the canyon	14Another Side-blotched lizard	15Western Fence lizard
16Looking up canyon	17In Juniper Canyon	18Rock Squirrel	19Rock Squirrel	20Our companion still around
21Posing	22On route to the peak	23Claret Cup Cactus	24Claret Cup blooms	25Claret Cup blooms
26The way up	27Hiking up	28Looking up Brownstone Wall	29Peak above	30The way up
31On route to the top	32On route to the top	33The way up	34Looking into Pine Creek	35Wall with Lichen
36On route to the top	37Summit vistas	38On the summit	39On the summit	40View of Rainbow Wall
41Summit vistas	42Two lizards on top	43Western Fence lizard on top	44Western Fence lizard	45Resting in shade
46Looking into Juniper Canyon	47Gunsight Notch Peak	48Ponderosas on the summit	49Hawk checking us out	50View of Bridge Mountain
51Summit vistas	52Side-blotched male	53Baby Western Fence	54Bighorns on route to summit	55Bighorn heading up
56Ram and Ewe heading up	57Young Ewe	57Young Ram	58Close-up of the Ram	59Ewe
60Lunch break on the cliffs	61Look back at the peak	62Juniper Peak in the back	63Brownstone Wall and Juniper Peak	64Natural Arch
65On the way down	66Descending	67Back in Juniper Canyon	68Back by Pine Creek	69Chilling
70Chilling	71Frogland	72One of tens of frogs in creek	73Damselflies laying eggs	74Another Pacific Tree Frog
75Mojave Yucca in bloom	76Mojave Yucca in bloom	77Mojave Yucca bloom	78Spring blooms