Rainbow Wall (6,924 feet)

Red Rocks, Nevada

Ascent via Terrace Canyon; Descent via Gunsight Notch Canyon with a bonus trip up Gunsight Notch Peak (6,200 feet)

An 8.5 mile class 3 loop with approximately 3300 feet of elevation gain.

June 6, 2007


61Now its a walk up to the top

62Looking back

63Looking ahead

64Summit is near

65Old Man Prickly Pear

66Crowded Bloom

67Summit is near

68Weathered Ponderosa

69On top of Rainbow Wall

70View of Rainbow Peak

71Looking down

72On top of Rainbow Wall

73Bridge Mtn is in distance

74Enjoying the summit

75Enjoying the summit

76Descending

77Descending

78View of next goal

79Long ways around to Gunsight

80Looking ahead on route

81Looking ahead on route

82On route

83On route

84On route

85Traversing

86Descending

87Descending

88View above

89Look back at route

90Descending

91Moss

92Descending

93Finally Gunsight is in view again

94Gunsight Notch Peak

95Summit is near

96Gunsight Notch Peak

97Gunsight Notch comes to view

98Descending to top of the Notch

99Looking down the Notch

100Summit of Gunsight Notch Peak

101On the summit

102View of Juniper ridge and peak

103View of Rainbow Peak

104View of Rainbow Wall

105Descending into the canyon

106In Gunsight Notch Canyon

107In Gunsight Notch Canyon

108In Gunsight Notch Canyon

109Look back in the canyon

110Descending into Pine Creek

111Back in Pine Creek

112Back on the trail

113GPS trace of our hike

114Profile of the route