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Pine Creek - Oak Creek Loop, NV
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| Hiking | 6.49 Miles |
791 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.49 Miles | | | |
| 791 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | Made a loop of Pine Creek, Knoll, Oak Creek, and Arnight trails. This was a fun way to spend some time in the watered canyons at Red Rock, while also getting some time away from the crowds on the less-traveled trails (Knoll and Arnight). A threat of rain, which never materialized as anything other than humidity and later a strong breeze. I have been exploring the trails along the base of the escarpment over the past month, and they are a pleasant change of pace from the normal crowded canyons at Red Rock. You still get the views you expect from a trip to Red Rock NCA, in fact, more so, because you aren't enclosed in a canyon. The trails connect the major canyons, so you can still enjoy the canyon experience - pretty good combination in my book 
Pay attention while hiking on the Arnight and Knoll trails - there is a web of climber use-trails in the area that the inattentive hiker could easily stray onto. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Mostly perennial buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) and yerba santa (Eriodictyon species) left flowering at this point, but a lot of both along this area. Also, desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) are beginning to bloom in the washes. |
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