Peaks of Red Rocks, Nevada by elevation : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Summits of Red Rocks, Nevada

This list includes peaks made out of Aztec sandstone which Red Rocks area is famous for. The only exception being Turtlehead Peak which is in limestone and located close to and easily accessible from the Sandstone Quarry.

Clicking on a mountain name will take you to its page on SP if such exists.

Rank	Name of the Peak	Photo of the peak	Elevation in Feet	Location
1.	Mount Wilson		7,070	It lies between First Creek and Oak Creek Canyons
2.	North Peak		7,047	It lies between Icebox Canyon and Rocky Gap Road
3.	Bridge Mountain		6,995	It lies between Pine Creek and Icebox Canyons
4.	Rainbow Wall		6,924	It’s the Northeast face of Rainbow Mountain
5.	Mount Wilson South Summit		6,820	It’s a subpeak on Mount Wilson
6.	Rainbow Peak		6,800	It lies between Oak Creek and Juniper Canyons
7.	Bridge Point		6,670	It lies between North Fork of Pine Creek and Icebox Canyon
8.	Lost Creek Peak		6,664	It lies at the back of Lost Creek Canyon
9.	Yoga Peak	NO PHOTO YET	6,650	It lies in the back of North fork of Pine Creek
10.	White Rock Hills Peak (aka White Rock Mountain)		6,462	It lies between Willow Springs picnic area and White Rock Springs
11.	Bridge Vista Peak		6,381	It’s a subpeak on Bridge Mountain
12.	Goodman Peak		6,373	It’s a subpeak on North Peak
13.	Turtlehead Peak		6,323	It lies north of the Sandstone Quarry
14.	Cactus Flower Tower		6,300	It’s a subpeak on Mount Wilson
15.	Hidden Peak		6,280	It lies Southwest of the Monument
16.	The Monument (East, Center and West)		6,252-western summit	It lies between Black Velvet and Sandstone Mountains
17.	Terrace Canyon Peak	NO PHOTO YET	6,250	It lies at the back of Terrace Canyon (a subfork of South fork of Pine Creek)
18.	Pine Creek Peak		6,240	It lies at the back of South Fork of Pine Creek
19.	Black Velvet Peak		6,234	It lies on the South side of Black Velvet Canyon
20.	Gunsight Notch Peak		6,200	It’s the highpoint of Brownstone Wall at the back of Juniper Canyon
21.	Windy Peak		6,200	It stands between Hollow Rock Peak and Black Velvet Peak
22.	Icebox Peak		6,167	It lies on the South side of Icebox Canyon
23.	Decision Peak	NO PHOTO YET	6,120	It lies behind Indecision Peak
24.	Juniper Peak		6,109	It lies between Juniper Canyon and the South fork of Pine Creek
25.	Tunnel Vision Peak	NO PHOTO YET	6,100	It’s a subpeak on White Rock (Hills) Mountain
26.	Oak Creek Peak		6,033	It lies at the back of Oak Creek Canyon
27.	Cloud Tower		6,000	It’s a subpeak on Rainbow Mountain
28.	White Rock Springs Peak		6,000	It lies Northwest of White Rock Springs
29.	First Creek Peak		5,990	It lies at the back of First Creek Canyon
30.	Hollow Rock Peak		5,950	It lies between South Peak and Windy Peak
31.	Spring Mountain Peak		5,943	It lies between Sandstone Mountain and Indecision Peak
32.	Global Peak	NO PHOTO YET	5,900	It’s a subpeak on Windy Peak
33.	Beer and Ice Peak	NO PHOTO YET	5,800	It’s a subpeak on Bridge Point
34.	Sandstone Mountain		5,796	It lies on the South side of Sandstone Canyon behind Spring Mountain Ranch
35.	South Peak		5,700	It’s the most southernmost peak of Red Rocks located North of Highway 160
36.	Indecision Peak		5,660	It lies between Sandstone and First Creek Canyons
37.	Dead Horse Point	NO PHOTO YET	5,600	It’s a subpeak on Mount Wilson
38.	Burlap Buttress		5,598	It lies between Black Velvet Peak and the Monument
39.	White Rock Pinnacle		5,500	It’s a subpeak on Mount Wilson
40.	Mescalito Peak		5,440	It lies in the center of Pine Creek Canyon
41.	Magic Mountain		5,350	It lies on the South side at the front of South fork of Pine Creek
42.	Ramp Peak (aka Crabby Appleton)		5,300	It lies behind Magic Mountain
43.	East Peak		5,280	It’s a subpeak on the Monument
44.	Rose Tower		5,220	It lies on the South side of Magic Mountain
45.	Whiskey Peak		5,160	It’s a subpeak on Black Velvet Peak
46.	Turtlehead Junior (aka Red Cap)	[img:260743:aligncenter:small:]	5,142	It’s the highpoint of Calico Hills
47.	Kraft Mountain	NO PHOTO YET	4,217	It lies North of Calico Basin

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	Anya Jingle	Re: Bridge Mt Elevation; La Madre
	Hasn't voted	I decided to pass on La Madre. It's very anticlimactic to have a limestone peak as the high point of RED rocks. This was not meant to be a list of RRNCA area peaks. It's a list of sandstone peaks. I was considering passing on Turtle Head as well, but then I thought I'll be nice to those who are not into route finding and still would like to have at least one summit experience in Red Rocks. A list of all of the limestone peaks of the Spring Mountains (not just Mt Charleston Wilderness) would be awesome as well, but I'm not up for this task. You have more knowledge about all these peaks "behind" Red Rocks than I do. Cheers!
		Posted Jun 3, 2008 4:10 pm


	MoapaPk	Re: Bridge Mt Elevation; La Madre
	Voted 10/10	Understood. The gray rocks don't look red... but La Madre is way nicer than Turtlehead. ;^) Actually, maybe we should say "light tan rocks peaks". Note the comment on White Rock Springs Peak, which I added at the same time as you were answering my other comments!
		Posted Jun 3, 2008 4:48 pm


	Anya Jingle	Re: Bridge Mt Elevation; La Madre
	Hasn't voted	Thanks for the comment on White Rock Springs Peak. It's going to take me a bit longer to move things around in a table. BTW, the elevation of Cloud Tower is only tentative. I could not find the exact one on any map.
		Posted Jun 3, 2008 4:58 pm


	MoapaPk	Re: Bridge Mt Elevation; La Madre
	Voted 10/10	You are close enough for Cloud Tower. It has very little prominence, and I'm not sure what it corresponds to in the 40'-contour-interval USGS map. On the USGS map, there is one lump on that side of the main mass of Rainbow Peak; that lump has ~40' prominence, and its elevation is over 5920' (the last closed contour line). However, I don't know if that point on the map is really what they call "Cloud Tower". Maybe RPC would have a guess? I've attached a map to images on the main page, maybe someone can comment.
		Posted Jun 3, 2008 5:25 pm

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