
Starting from the Lost Creek Trailhead. You can see the shallow gully you're heading for running diagonally on the top left. The route goes up the cliffs in the center-left of this photo before dropping into that gully.

Approaching the Class 3 cliff.

Cairns mark the way along a ledge before starting the route up.

Looking back toward the trailhead.

Class 3 section.

More Class 3 on the way up the cliffs.


Cairns help navigate the otherwise tricky scrambling route-finding.


The shallow gully visible in the center.

Within the shallow gully, headed toward the headwall.

Some pretty water trickles during my visit.

Looking back down the shallow gully, Calico Hills in the distance.

Close-up of the shallow gully.

Approaching the headwall.

The route gets slightly more forested as you near the headwall.

My chosen south-running gully, after leaving the main shallow gully.

Looking back down.

Willow Springs Overlook, view toward Bridge Mountain and Ice Box Canyon.

Willow Springs Overlook, view toward Goodman Peak (right) and North Peak (sandstone) (left). The peak in the middle is the crux, a false summit leading to North Peak (sandstone).

Along the ridge toward Goodman Peak.

The route follows this ledge system, running north above the headwall I was earlier walking toward while in the shallow approach gully.

Looking back along the interesting route, Willow Springs Overlook visible on the left.

Goodman Peak (left) and the false summit before North Peak (sandstone) visible on the right.

Goodman Peak summit.

Goodman Peak summit, looking toward the approach shallow gully and Calico Hills.

Continuing toward North Peak (sandstone), Bridge Mountain visible on the left, and the interesting Class 3 slabs on the right.

Heading up the slab.

Looking back down the slab, Goodman Peak center top.

More slabs.

Looking down the more sustained slabby section.

Fixed line, though likely unnecessary.

Class 4 option? I went left around this feature.

Just to the left of the previous Class 4 option, cairns sort of leading higher up. I lost them for a moment, so there are more than one Class 3 options to get to the false summit.

False summit of North Peak (sandstone) looking back toward Goodman Peak.

False summit of North Peak (sandstone) looking toward North Peak (sandstone) on the right, and Bridge Mountain (left).

Heading along slickrock to North Peak (sandstone).

Pools on the slickrock, Charleston Peak visible center.

Class 2 up to North Peak (sandstone).

North Peak (sandstone) summit, looking back toward the North Peak (sandstone) false summit.

North Peak (limestone) on the left.

I left the sandstone and entered limestone, headed along the ridgeline to North Peak (limestone).

North Peak (limestone) looking back toward North Peak (sandstone).

North Peak (limestone) ahead. Class 2+ move to gain the summit.

North Peak (limestone) summit, looking toward North Peak (sandstone) on the left, Bridge Mountain on the right.

Close-up of Bridge Mountain and Rainbow Peak, the lovely Keystone Thrust feature (sandstone/limestone divide) visible.

Close-up of Bridge Mountain. You can see the beautiful bridge just below the summit if you look closely.

Headed northwest down from North Peak (limestone), Rocky Gap Road below.

Close-up of the social trail leading to Rocky Gap Road.

View toward North Peak (limestone) from Rocky Gap Road.

Follow Rocky Gap Road back to the Lost Creek Trailhead.
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