A sign indicating the start of the Corkscrew Peak Trail from a small turnout along Daylight Pass Road.Corkscrew Peak visible ahead. The trail joins the minor wash on the left.Climbing to a low saddle.Dropping into a major wash.The trail disappears inside the wash. Continue north.View back toward Cottonwood Basin.The wash narrows as it veers northwest.Rock arrows indicating a slot used to exit the wash.Class 2 obstacle.View back.Starting up a southeast spur of Corkscrew Peak.View back.View back.A small plateau below the summit. The trail contours the slope ahead toward a minor saddle, top-center.View back.Approaching the saddle. Cool natural arch formation on the left.View through the arch.Starting up Corkscrew Peak's southeast slope.View back.Approaching Corkscrew Peak's summit.Crokscrew Peak summit. View northwest. Thimble Peak is right of center.Closeup of a peak named "Old Snifter" to the west.View south toward Death Valley Buttes on the canyon floor below.View southeast, the way I came.Back the saddle, about to start the descent of Corkscrew Peak's south ridge toward Little Corkscrew Peak.Descending the south ridge. Little Corkscrew Peak, a knife's edge prominence along the ridgeline, is visible in the center.View west toward some colorful cliffs.Class 2 along the ridge.View back.Approaching the saddle below Little Corkscrew Peak.From the saddle, the route contours the east face (to the climber's left) of Little Corkscrew Peak a short distance before ascending on Class 3 terrain.Steep Class 3 to the summit of Little Corkscrew Peak.Little Corkscrew Peak summit. View south.View north toward Corkscrew Peak.Descending Little Corkscrew Peak's east slope.Picking up a use trail.Passing a spring with standing water.View back.Descending a southeasterly spur.View back toward Little Corkscrew Peak (left) and Corkscrew Peak (right).Dropping into the drainage on the left.View back.Following the drainage to its confluence with the major wash used on the approach.Crossing the wash, aiming for the Corkscrew Peak Trail.View back before rejoining the Corkscrew Peak Trail.
