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