Anya Jingle - Feb 27, 2008 6:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Not from North PeakI hate to dissapoint you, but you haven't climbed North Peak. North Peak is over a mile north-east from the spot where you took this picture.
WyoNative - Feb 28, 2008 12:05 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Not from North PeakThanks!
lcarreau - Mar 29, 2008 5:47 pm - Voted 10/10
Geez !Anya Jingle really knows her Peaks! By the way, do you remember which route you took to reach the arch and summit area of Bridge Mountain? I was just curious. I remember seeing on a Green Trails map in that outdoor (equipment) store on west Charleston where a trail comes in from the western side of the Red Rock escarpment.
Have a nice day and take care! - Larry
WyoNative - Mar 30, 2008 6:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Geez !I took the traditional trail from Red Rock Summit (which is well marked and easy to follow). After I followed the rock cairns and "ditto" black marks along the sandstone, I veered northeast at the base of Bridge to the crack, continued east up the crack (and climbed the somewhat exposed rock to the right/south of the crack). At the top of the crack, I turned left/north until I reached the arch. Above the arch, I climbed the sandstone by the dead log up to the hidden forest. I traversed around the hidden forest at the south end and continued on to the summit. I learned of this route from Branch Whitney's book, HIKING LAS VEGAS. It helped a lot, although I found some of the route finding with the cairns and black marks a little challenging in the snow! Not sure if this is the trail you refer to from the map, but it is a cool hike/scramble and one I would do again!
lcarreau - Mar 30, 2008 10:29 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Geez !Branch Whitney? Is he an Sp-member? I've heard the NAME, but haven't seen the face.
Where is Red Rock Summit? I have to do some further reading and research. Gee - I'm never going to be up there with some of the other Las Vegas members in the proper identification and naming of peaks and trailheads. I knew Nevada was the most mountainous state in the lower 48 before I got here, but this is embarassing. Think I'll just wait until Courtney's book comes out. Greetings from Larry (Hopelessly lost in the Mojave desert, but still kicking...
like a Wild Burro. :)
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