Parking at a major bend in the road along Hwy 190 just inside the eastern entrance to the park:
Heading up a wide wash. The only other time I've wandered around this area was when we were looking for wildflowers many years ago:
Interesting formations with a very dramatic view of Pyramid Peak in the distance:
Soon we turned off to the left into a smaller side canyon. This is the view looking back of the Black Mountains:
Pyramid Peak and to the right of it an incredible look at Pyramid Canyon with its narrows and steep elevation gain:
Looking straight up at the top of Pyramid Peak from far below:
Continuing to work our way up the ridge above the side canyon wash:
Tobin just about reaching the top of the ridge:
A stunning view of Schwaub Peak comes into view at the top of the ridge:
Once on top of the ridge, we encountered a long flat area that made walking really easy for quite some time:
We looked off to our left and could see a nice view of Hole In the Wall:
If you look closely here, you can see the faint sheep trail we started following:
Red Amphitheater is actually on the other side of the flat red topped ridge in the distance:
Panoramic view into the Red Amphitheater hiking area:
A closer look at that flat red topped ridge in the distance:
From the ridge, we needed to drop back down to the wash on the other side. Here we are heading down right above Strange Place:
At the back of Strange Place, which is just an informal name I long ago gave to this rock formation:
Three views of Strange Place, a triangular shaped rock formation with a cave like entrance:
After checking out Strange Place, we continued on towards the next side canyon to the right far in the distance:
Once again an outstanding view of Schwaub Peak:
Tobin approaching the entrance to Red Amphitheater Canyon:
From the mouth, this canyon looks steep and intimidating. But it's not really that bad:
The wash starts out as a gentle climb with few obstacles to slow you down:
Gradually, the wash becomes littered with boulders along the way:
After a while, the boulders get so large that some of them have to be easily climbed to get through:
A majestic peak above the wash of Red Amp Canyon:
Our first view of Red Amphitheater up ahead:
Getting even closer as the canyon narrowed down:
We could see that the red colors, cliffs, and shale up ahead looked to be very scenic:
Final bend before reaching our destination:
The next three pictures show some close-ups of Red Amphitheater and the colorful red rock and cliffs found there:
Panoramic of Red Amphitheater taken from the wash looking up:
Panoramic of Red Amphitheater taken from the opposite hillside:
Two pictures of some interesting rocks with bubble like shapes found on the surface:
Three final pictures of Red Amp before heading back:
In the distance, we are heading towards Strange Place (the triangular shaped rock) and the ridge above it:
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