Rainbow Mountains Eastern Canyons | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada
The Rainbow Mountains Eastern Canyons are unique wilderness worlds unto themselves. It’s a magical feeling just to gaze around in the midst of one of these canyons. In addition, the canyons offer challenging routes to the sandstone peaks above. Each canyon presents its own unique fun navigational puzzle. The surrounding cliffs are a world class destination for rock climbers. Click the image or title above for details.
Eva’s Tower | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada
This climb begins near the Pine Creek trailhead and heads across the desert to the east face of Bridge Point. There, it enters a large gully above the initial cliffs and ascends midway up the gully. The final summit climb is from the back side of Eva’s Tower. The summit offers grand views of the Red Rock canyon valley floor as well as the impressive cliffs guarding Bridge Point behind Eva‘s Tower. Click the image or title above for details.
Mescalito Pyramid | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada
Climb the Massive Pyramid-Shaped Peak in the Middle of Pine Creek Canyon, Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada. Skilled, technical rock climbers scale the peak’s impossibly high, vertical Eastern cliff face. But here’s a class 3 route that will take you to the summit of Mescalito Pyramid Peak! Click the image or title above for details.
Terrace Canyon | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada
Terrace Canyon in the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada is a massive hidden garden with water cascading down natural sandstone terraces. Getting there through the canyon’s brush, boulders and ledges can be challenging, but the destination is worth it! Click the image or title above for details.
Terrace Canyon Peak | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada
Terrace Canyon Peak towers above Terrace Canyon and offers a spectacular view of Red Rock Canyon to the Calico Hills on the far side of the canyon. The route to the summit is challenging and technical in places with some Class 4 rope assisted stretches. This adventure begins and ends at the Pine Creek Canyon Trailhead in Red Rock Canyon. Click the image or title above for details.
Rainbow Mt via Pine Creek & Oak Creek Canyons Nevada
Explore all the way up the South fork of Pine Creek Canyon to the summit of Rainbow Wall in the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness of Nevada. Then descend the entire length of Oak Creek Canyon’s North fork, finally returning to the Pine Creek Canyon Trailhead. You’ll navigate two great canyons and summit one majestic peak with unique views of the Rainbow Mountains to the North and South. This adventure involves a class 3+ level of rock climbing skills. Click the title or image above for more.
Fire Ecology Trail | Red Rock Canyon NCA, Nevada
The .2-mile Fire Ecology interpretive trail in Pine Creek Canyon, Red Rock Canyon NCA, Nevada, was a controlled burn conducted in 1992 to determine how canyon forests could be managed to protect older pine trees from being consumed by brush fire. Following a brush management strategy aimed at controlling excess brush fuel on the forest floor, a controlled burn was conducted that successfully passed underneath the pines without damaging them. Today visitors can walk this interpretive trail and picnic at a table near the edge of Pine Creek. The best time of year to hike this trail is mid-Fall through mid-Spring. Summer temperatures can exceed 110 degrees. Learn more by clicking the image or title above.
Pine Creek Canyon, Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada
Pine Creek Canyon is definitely worth a day or two. It is more wild, untouched and the plant life more varied and abundant than in many other areas around Red Rock Park. It’s the second to the last trailhead parking area on the Red Rock Park Scenic Loop Drive. This entire side of Red Rock Park is often overlooked by those who spent their time at the more popular Red Rock Park Visitor Center, the Calico Hills, Turtlehead Peak, upper viewpoint, Willow Springs and Ice Box Canyon. But be prepared for a maze of trails! Route details: 3 mi/ 4000 > 4,500ft; **Some Trails, Some Wilderness** Click image or title above for more…