Starting down the Summit Ridge (view NW) |
Saddle on Summit Ridge; route jumps off here (view SW) |
Hikers getting ready to jump off the Summit Ridge (view NW) |
The first steps are big ones (view N) |
Stay left of dead tree and rock outcrop (view N) |
Descending across steep slopes (view N) |
Descending across steep slopes (view N) |
Descending across steep slopes (view N) |
Keep an eye on the Main Saddle: don't go too low (view N) |
There are was around all of the oak thickets (view N) |
Descending across steep slopes (view N) |
This deep gully is the last serious obstacle (view N) |
Except for this minor obstacle (view N) |
Traversing below the band of cliffs (view N) |
Traversing below the band of cliffs (view N) |
Traversing below the band of cliffs (view N) |
Traversing below the band of cliffs (view N) |
Traversing below the band of cliffs (view N) |
Arriving back on the saddle (the Yucca is below the camera; view N) |
The route follows the ridgeline towards the oblong boulder (view N) |
Looking for that animal trail (view N) |
Approaching the oblong boulder (view N) |
Passing the pink rock outcrop (view E) |
Pink rock outcrop (view SE) |
Passing below the oblong boulder (view N) |
Animal trail contours across slope to the next shoulder (view NE) |
Approaching the next shoulder (view NE) |
On the shoulder (view NE into Arizona) |
Animal trail traverses the hillsides (view N) |
Animal trail traverses the hillsides (view NE) |
Animal trail traverses the hillsides (view NE) |
Animal trail traverses the hillsides (view N) |
Animal trail disappears after the dead tree (view N) |
Approaching the barbed-wire fence on the final ridgeline (view NE) |
Traversing onto the final high ridgeline (view N) |
Trailhead comes into view (view N) |
Trees for a shaded rest and an animal trail to follow out (view NE) |
After traversing the slope, route turns down the ridgeline (view N) |
Hikers descending towards the burn zone (view NE; 2005) |
Back in the burn zone and a lucky tree (view N) |
A Pancake Cactus in the rocks survived the fire (view N) |
Hiker taking a break in the burn zone (view N; 2005) |
Returning towards the last of the pinyon pines (view N) |
Looking over the slope below the last of the pinyon pines (view N) |
A curious rounded boulder on the hillside (view N) |
Descending into the last shallow saddle (view N) |
The route follows along the west side of the low ridge (view N) |
The route follows along the low ridge (view N) |
The route follows along the low ridge (view N) |
Returning to the trailhead (view N) |