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Turtlehead Junior (4960 feet)
A 6 mile loop to the top of Turtlehead Junior. The hike begins at the Calico Basin.
Red Rock, Nevada
February 7, 2007
01In Calico Basin
02Jackrabbit
03By creek crossing
04Looking ahead on trail
05Looking up at our route
06Close-up of an arch
07By the arch
08On the arch
09On route up Calico Hills
10On the way up
11Climbing up
12On route up Calico Hills
13Looking towards the tank
14On route through Calico Hills
15On Calico Hills
16On route to Calico Tank
17Calico Tank
18By Calico Tank
19Calico Tank
20In Calico Tank
21Calico Tank
22In Calico Tank
23Algae in the water
24Look back where we topped out
25On route to Turtlehead Jr
26View of the route
27Lichen
28Lichen
29Vistas around
30Off to Turtlehead Junior
31Turtlehead Peak is in view
32On Meditation Rock
33On route
34On route
35On route
36On route
37View from the chute
38It is steep
39Climbing up the crack
40Red top comes to view
41On route to summit
42Turtlehead Senior is in background
43On route to summit
44On route to summit
45Below the summit block
46On route to summit
47On route to summit
48Summit and Turtlehead Peak
49Summit vistas
50Summit vistas
51Summit vistas
52Summit vistas
53On the summit
54On the summit
55On the summit
56Sign-in book
57Descending
58Colors
59Descending
60Traversing
61Traversing
62View
63Descending
64Descending
65Descending
66Side-blotched Lizard hiding
67Mojave Yuccas
68On route to saddle
69Phainopepla- the silky flycatcher
70Boulder with Lichen
71Looking up at the ascent route
72GPS trace of our route
73Profile of our route
74Look back at descent saddle