Route Updates: Terrace Canyon Peak and Other Routes

Terrace Canyon Peak

The original route is a tough class 4 route that is hard to follow. We have always descended through a magnificent bowl into Pine Creek. This descent route can be used as an ascent route. Here's the quick description: From Pine Creek TH (Red Rock Canyon) follow the trail into the South Fork. When the canyon divides, hike into the south fork. Continue pass the turnoff for Terrace - Gunsight Notch Canyons. Continue another 20 minutes or so where a large tree has fallen across the wash (See the photo). Just before the tree turn south (left) and follow a drainage up into the bowl. Near the top of the bowl head west on a path and then up the low angle wall. Once up, the summit is in sight off about 100 yards to the east.

East Peak

East Peak

On the exposed ledge there was a scrub oak bush that forced hikers to either duck under or drop down on an even more expose ledge. This is no longer the case. Hikers can now stay on the less exposed ledge and hike by the scrub oak tree without ducking under it.
Stats:

Distance: 3 miles — round trip
Elevation gain: 1,500 feet
Elevation of peak: 5,280 feet
Time: 3 hours – up and back
Difficulty: 3
Danger level: 4
Class: 3

Juniper Peak

Juniper Peak

Once in the canyon the route ascends boulders and then follows a small drainage. The old route would leave the drainage and head up a hill via a very loose path. The new route continues up the drainage. It was hard to determine where to leave the drainage and follow a path that heads NW (right) to the top of the hill. This is no longer the case. It's now very obvious where to leave the drainage and follow the path.

Juniper Peak is consider by many hikers to be one of the best moderate hikes in Red Rock Canyon.
Stats:

Distance: 6 miles — round trip
Elevation gain: 2,131 feet
Elevation peak: 6,109 feet
Time: 4 to 6 hours - Up and back
Difficulty: 3
Danger level: 3
Class: 3