Pine Creek Trail is another cool walkabout or hike in Red Rock Canyon. Located near the end of the one-way loop.
The unusual appearance of Ponderosa Pines, a meandering creek with shadowed pools, and the abundance of bighorn sheep make the trail worthwhile. The canyon views and sheer rock walls offer dramatic landscape. One caveat — rocks of varying size pepper the trail, so you’ll spend a lot of time looking at your feet while moving.
Bright desert flowers sometimes bloom alongside the path.
A mile and a half in, water and shade welcome you, as you penetrate the canyon’s interior.
And then you’ll see more bighorn sheep on nearby ledges.
Pine Creek Trail covers about 2.6 miles. But like a lot of Red Rock, you can go further, cut this short, or take varying routes. Using the mountains as landmarks is fairly easy.
Rock climbers enjoy the steep sheer walls inside the canyon, as this picture shows —
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