I love the trail, it is pleasant to go to some place in desert that has mountain and water, it is pretty especially after the rain, we can walk in the mountain and listen to the sound of creek.
Norm K.
Place rating: 5 Las Vegas, NV
Since the first time I hiked this trail in 2006, I have always enjoyed hiking in First Creek whether it’s just a short trip to the waterfall and back or a more serious exploration going farther back into the canyon. There’s something for everyone here. It’s a fairly level hike for a good part of the way so it’s fine for dogs and kids. After crossing the wash from the parking lot, simply follow the trail as it meanders toward the canyon. After the waterfall, there are several routes you can take. You can stay in the wash when it’s dry and do some rock scrambling and boulder hopping. This is a slower way but it’s a lot more challenging. If you want to go a little easier on yourself, follow one of the trails out of the wash on the south side of the canyon and hike the use trail until you a forced back into the wash. If you want, you can keep going and end up in Pahrump if you really want to. The rock scrambling and boulder hopping are good fun but you should only do this if you’re wearing hiking boots so you have the proper traction on what can be slick rocks. Sneakers just don’t do it sometimes. Give First creek a try. I think you’ll like it, too.
Mark B.
Place rating: 5 Anaheim, CA
This is one if my favorite trails in the Redrock canyon area. Be sure to visit the waterfall when you’re out there. The water flows to some degree most if the year although in the summer months it slows to a trickle.
Karen M.
Place rating: 5 Phoenix, AZ
Anything as beautiful as Red Rock automatically gets 5 stars! Yesterday, I led a small group to White Pinnacle Peak, the leftmost pointy peak on Mt. Wilson. Trail begins at First Creek and meanders towards the red ridge line… then up the leftmost gully directly underneath the pointy peak. Yesterday was my third time summitting White Pinnacle and it was every bit as fun as my previous two hikes. While the actual First Creek trail is easy, the climbing up to my destination yesterday is not. Lots of bouldering, scrambling, and exposure. However, there is something for everyone in Red rock; use common sense, bring water/snacks/sunscreen/hat, and go with a buddy.
LJ R.
Place rating: 5 Las Vegas, NV
Of course anything nature related deserves a 5 star unless its terribly maintained. Lucky thing they’re maintained well or had nothing much to maintain, it’s nature. You can’t hold things like burro droppings against a hiking trail. Ok so the hiking trail for First Creek Canyon starts just north of the Bonnie Springs entrance. There’s a little designated parking area off the west side of the road, which I only noticed because there were a couple cars and a couple cop cars there. There is a map and some information about the trail before you enter. If your coming from the south of Las Vegas you can get here by heading west on Blue Diamond. If your coming from the north head west on Charleston. It’s a free hike. This is a simple trail though we didn’t do the whole trail, it seemed that way. It was pretty flat. One of the things I like doing while taking hikes is doing it barefoot. I probably wouldn’t do it here, burro droppings. Nice trail for pets, kids, elders, everyone just make sure you take to normal precautions when playing in the sun. First time out we failed to find the«waterfall». Second time out BINGO, well not really. It was June and hadn’t rained for awhile so it was a pool of water with some one dripping downstream. Probably hiking early spring or during our winter months would be better to seeing the waterfall in full effect. Finding the water is pretty simple I don’t know why did find it first time out, just looked for a lot of green plants, but if you can’t do this start hiking in for about a mile. You’ll see a fork in the trail where there seems to be a line of medium sized rocks blocking the right side of the fork, follow the trail to the left. Continue until you see a nice green and bushy tree at the left on the trail, there are some carving in the trunk of the tree. A nice spot to take a break in the shade. At the free you’ll see another fork in the trail, take the right path and you should find the top of the cliff where water would fall for the waterfall. Follow the trail right of the cliff to hike down to the water level, you’ll see some pretty cool looking large rocks. Watch your step going down. Watch out for mosquitoes. Looking down away from the water looks kind of like back home, who knew all this green was in Vegas. Lot’s of lizards along the trails just incase you’re afraid of them. Get out here before it gets too hot.
Julie K.
Place rating: 5 East Bay, CA
First Creek Canyon(FCC) is vastly becoming one of my favorite free locations for a low impact hike. It’s easy to find if you just look for the markers. There is a solid foot path for hikers of all stamina. There’s the ability to either stay on a designated pathway or veer off to explore your own trail. Negatives include no restroom facilities at the parking area and you may encounter wild burros along the way; which I have yet to see any. There’s plenty of evidence they exist by the numerous piles of feces. Bring your cameras Drinking water Sunglasses Sunblock Perhaps a hat And solid ankle support shoes as there are loose rocks along the path. This is a great side location to avoid fees at the main«loop» for red rock and just to explore and get a good brisk walk in. I also expect to see more UYE’s here in the future. Thank you LJ for joining me this early AM for our two person hiking team! lets find some more trails soon. Thank you also to Tetsuro for attempting to join us! ;-)
