Hiking Around Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
 Beginning of the return to the trailhead (view E) |
Overview The Pine Creek Canyon Trail is a fairly easy, 1.7-mile round-trip in-and-out hike that runs up along Pine Creek to the historical Wilson homestead. From the homestead, hikers can relax under the trees before heading back out, turn south on the Knoll Trail, or continue farther up Pine Creek Canyon on the Pine Creek Loop Trail. From the top of the loop, hikers can scramble and boulder-hop up Fern Canyon or Pine Creek Canyon into the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness Area for as far as they want. Presented here are photos of the return from the Wilson Homestead to the Pine Creek Trailhead. For a detailed description of the route, including directions, maps, GPS coordinates, and photos, see Pine Creek Canyon Trail, Westbound. |
 Side trail to Wilson Homesite (view E) |
 Trail to Wilson Homesite (view SE) |
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail (view E) |
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail (view E) |
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail (view E) |
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail (view E) |
 Last of the Ponderosa Pines (view E) |
 Passing Dales Trail junction (view E) |
 Hiker passing exit from Fire Ecology Trail (view E) |
 Trail sign at exit from Fire Ecology Trail (view E) |
 Hiker looking down start of Fire Ecology Trail (view E) |
 Looking back: trail sign at entrance to Fire Ecology Trail (view W) |
 Hiker approaching the final hill (view E) |
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail approaching turn to climb final hill (view E) |
 Pine Creek Canyon Trail turns left to climb final hill (view E) |
 Starting up the final hill (view N) |
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 Nearing the top of the final hill (view N) |
 Approaching the trailhead (view NE) |
 Approaching the trailhead (view NE) |
 Arriving at the trailhead (view NE) |
Happy Hiking! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
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