Entering Fern Canyon

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Entering Fern Canyon

Entering Fern Canyon

This is my favorite (class 3) route to Bridge Mountain. It follows the North Fork of Pine Creek (the first part of this canyon is locally known as Fern Canyon) and then ascends North towards Bridge Mountain shoulder. Eventually, it intercepts the standard route and follows it to the summit. You can view my slideshow of the entire route here: Bridge Mountain via Pine Creek Photo taken by Henry Jingle on April 24, 2007.
Anya Jingle
on Apr 27, 2007 7:46 pm
Lat/Lon: 36.13190°N / 115.5016°W
Image Type(s): Hiking
Image ID: 288758

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lcarreau

lcarreau - Oct 20, 2007 8:52 pm - Voted 10/10

Okay, Anya...

I have a much better PICTURE of where Fern Canyon is located. What kind of trees - tamarisk? Most definitely, there IS WATER here.
Probably easier to FIND than Surprise Canyon. Somewhere ... on the north side of the SUBLIME ABYSS. Gracias & cheers! (Love Henry's photos!)

Anya Jingle

Anya Jingle - Oct 20, 2007 10:45 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Okay, Anya...

Thank god there are no tamarisks in Red Rocks! They are non-native and "steal" water from other desert plants. The plants that grow at the mouth of Fern Canyon are mostly ponderosas, scrub oak, manzanita, juniper, desert almond, yerba santa etc.
Tamarisks have been a problem in Lake Mead canyons.

lcarreau

lcarreau - Oct 20, 2007 11:29 pm - Voted 10/10

Right on.

Yes, I know tamarisks. What is YERBA SANTA???
Is that something a person would BUY at STARBUCKS ... around Christmas time?
(OR perhaps, SOMEBODY a child would leave COOKIES for?)
Must be related to yucca - have to look it up.

Anya Jingle

Anya Jingle - Oct 20, 2007 11:50 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Right on.

Ha, ha. They are shrubs from Waterleaf family. Some of them are low to the ground but some get quite showy and 4 foot tall. Here's a photo of their blooms (Fern Canyon is in the background of the blooms photo on the right.) Cheers.

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