Approaching 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view NE) |
Middle of 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view E) |
Middle of 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view NE) |
Confusing trail intersection sign (1.29 miles out; view NE) |
Middle of 5-way intersection (1.29 miles out; view E) |
Side road -- not the trail (1.29 miles out; view S) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.33 miles out; view SE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.44 miles out; view NE) |
Merging onto dirt road (1.51 miles out; view SE) |
Dirt road -- not the trail (1.51 miles out; view SW) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.55 miles out; view NE) |
Not a fork in the road (1.56 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.66 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.71 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.75 miles out; view N) |
Random trail marker (1.75 miles out; view NE) |
The road seems to just end (1.82 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (1.94 miles out; view N) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.24 miles out; view S) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.30 miles out; view SE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.39 miles out; view SW) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.41 miles out; view SW) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.47 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.80 miles out; view N) |
Trail crosses road (2.90 miles out; view SE) |
Road--not the trail (2.90 miles out; view S) |
Trail continues across road (2.90 miles out; view SE) |
Trail continues across slope (2.91 miles out; view SE) |
6912 ft elevation -- high elevation Joshua Tree (2.95 miles out) |
Trail forks; stay left (2.97 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (2.98 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.05 miles out; view SE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.27 miles out; view NE) |
Trail merges onto a road (3.35 miles out; view E) |
Looking back at trail sign (3.35 miles out; view N) |
Road up the hill--not the trail (3.35 miles out; view N) |
Trail goes down road to next road (3.35 miles out; view S) |
Hiker at next road intersection (3.37 miles out; view S) |
Looking back at trail sign (3.38 miles out; view W) |
Trail turns left onto next road (3.38 miles out; view E) |
Looking back to previous trail junction (3.38 miles out; view N) |
Trail continues on road (3.38 miles out; view E) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.57 miles out; view NE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (3.77 miles out; view E) |
Hiker approaching road intersection (3.94 miles out; view NE) |
Trail continues straight at road intersection (3.95 miles out; view NE) |
Looking up side road--not the trail (3.95 miles out; view N) |
Trail continues straight across road intersection (view NE) |
Trail dips through gully into campsite (3.96 miles out; view NE) |
Hiker passing campsite (3.98 miles out; view SE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (4.02 miles out; view SE) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (4.18 miles out; view SE) |
Road stays left around gravel pit (4.19 miles out; view SE) |
Gravel pit (4.20 miles out; view SE) |
Approaching Gravel Pit Trailhead parking (4.23 miles out; view E) |
Gravel Pit Trailhead parking (4.24 miles out; view E) |
Passing trailhead heading towards Lee Canyon Road (view S) |
Trail runs up Lee Canyon Road (4.45 miles out; view SW) |
Trail runs off edge of canyon (4.50 miles out; view SW) |
Trail drops into Lee Canyon (4.51 miles out; view SW) |
Trail crosses wash (4.75 miles out; view SW) |
Trail junction (4.79 miles out; view SW) |
View west from trail junction (4.79 miles out; view SW) |
Hiker departing trail junction (4.80 miles out; view SW) |
Hiker at wash crossing (4.93 miles out; view W) |
Wash crossing (4.94 miles out; view W) |
Trail runs on north side of wash (4.95 miles out; view SW) |
Crossing wash to south side (5.01 miles out; view S) |
Trail on south side of wash (5.03 miles out; view S) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (5.19 miles out; view S) |
Entering a patch of sagebrush (5.23 miles out; view SW) |
Patch of sagebrush (5.25 miles out; view W) |
Trail on side of hill (5.48 miles out; view SW) |
Trail in canyon bottom (5.62 miles out; view W) |
Trail passes below layered cliffs (5.90 miles out; view S) |
Crossing side wash with cairn (6.00 miles out; view W) |
Crossing another side wash (6.20 miles out; view W) |
Lots of little side washes (6.26 miles out; view SW) |
Trail on north side of wash (6.35 miles out; view SW) |
Wash crossing; trail goes down the wash (6.51 miles out; view SW) |
Trail goes down the wash (6.51 miles out; view SE) |
Trail crosses the canyon bottom (6.52 miles out; view SE) |
Trail crosses the canyon bottom (6.54 miles out; view SW) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (6.58 miles out; view W) |
Crossing wash to north side (6.59 miles out; view W) |
Parts of the trail are washed away (6.63 miles out; view SW) |
Trail abruptly starts up and across hillside (6.67 miles out; view SW) |
Trail climbs up and across hillside (6.68 miles out; view SW) |
Steepest part of Blue Tree Trail Loop Trail (6.73 miles out; view SW) |
Not so steep trail (6.78 miles out; view SW) |
Canyon narrows are visible below (6.78 miles out; view SW) |
Trail traverses side-slope above narrows (6.80 miles out; view SW) |
Trail returns to canyon bottom (6.94 miles out; view SW) |
Trail runs along the wash (7.00 miles out; view SW) |
Approaching wrecked car (7.03 miles out; view SW) |
Wrecked car (7.04 miles out; view S) |
Wrecked car (7.04 miles out; view NW) |
Continuing past wrecked car (7.06 miles out; view SW) |
Another wrecked car in the wash (7.07 miles out; view S) |
Another wrecked car in the wash (7.07 miles out; view NW) |
Trail on north side of wash (7.11 miles out; view SW) |
Trail abruptly exits wash bottom (7.13 miles out; view S) |
Trail climbs out of wash into sagebrush (7.14 miles out; view NW) |
Hiker in sagebrush patch (7.14 miles out; view NW) |
Trail runs through tall sagebrush (7.15 miles out; view NW) |
Hiker at top of sagebrush patch (7.18 miles out; view NW) |
Steep trail follows old gravel pit road (7.21 miles out; view N) |
Steep trail follows old gravel pit road (7.24 miles out; view N) |
Steep trail follows old gravel pit road (7.28 miles out; view NE) |
Steep trail approaching top of slope (7.30 miles out; view NE) |
Hiker at top of slope (7.34 miles out; view NE) |
Trail crosses back over Lee Canyon Road (7.35 miles out; view W) |
Trail crosses past highway sign (7.35 miles out; view W) |
Dirt road starts by highway sign (7.37 miles out; view W) |
Trail follows dirt road (7.38 miles out; view N) |
Trail at road intersection (7.40 miles out; view NW) |
Trail diagonals across dirt road (7.40 miles out; view W) |
Trail continues past road (7.41 miles out; view W) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (7.45 miles out; view SW) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (7.50 miles out; view S) |
Hiker passing shortcut into Lower Sawmill Parking (4.53 miles out) |
Sign at trail junction (7.53 miles out; view E) |
Trail continues past junction (7.53 miles out; view W) |
Blue Tree Loop Trail (7.58 miles out; view NW) |
Trail junction--closing the loop (7.60 miles out; view NW) |
Trail continues towards trailhead (7.60 miles out; view SW) |