Road to Big and Little Box Canyons

Looking southwesterly from Nevada SR 121 in Dixie Valley toward the Stillwater Range. The range front is defined by an active high-angle fault, with the range being uplifted with respect to Dixie Valley. Big and Little Box Canyons (highlighted) are the most spectacular of several slot canyons that were eroded as the land rose around them. The slope into which they're cut is pretty much the fault plane, little modified by erosion. The fault scarp from the 1954 earthquake is visible here and there along the break in slope defining the range front. See adjacent photos for more information.

The snowcapped peak on the skyline left of center is Job Peak (8785 ft/2678 m). The ragged snowclad multiple summit on the skyline directly above the road is unnamed, according to the 1972 USGS Job Peak 7.5' quadrangle. It's at the north end of a high section of the main ridge crest, and its high point is 8085 ft/2464 m.