Hikers on Fossil Trail (view S) |
Multiple trailing: horses and bikers are terrible about this (view S) |
Multiple trailing: horses and bikers are terrible about this (view S) |
Multiple trailing: trail starts to look like a road (view S) |
Hiker starting onto the flanks of Blue Diamond Hill (view S) |
Rocky bit passing conglomerate outcrop (view SW) |
Hiker passing conglomerate outcrop (view S) |
Conglomerate rocks along trail |
Hiker on Fossil Trail (view S) |
Trail passes edge of 2005 fire (view S; 2009) |
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Fairly gentle slope ... |
... and fairly steep slope |
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Lower Cat-N-Hat trail junction (view SE) |
Cat-N-Hat trail junction (view E) |
Beyond Cat-N-Hat, heading towards conglomerate crags (view E) |
Approaching Timpoweap Conglomerate crags (view E) |
Climbing below Timpoweap Conglomerate crags (view E) |
Fossil Trail approaching Rock Garden Trail (view SE) |
Rock Garden trail junction (view SE) |
Fossil Trail at Fossil Canyon Trail (view SE) |
Trail runs up into Fossil Canyon (view SE) |
Trail runs onto limestone ledges above Fossil Canyon |
Timpoweap Conglomerate |
Timpoweap Conglomerate |
Sheep or burro bones; life in the desert is harsh |
Fossil Trail runs across cliffs above Fossil Canyon (view SE) |
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Fossil Trail (view SE) |
Upper Cat-N-Hat trail junction (view SE) |
Trail runs up into Fossil Canyon (view SE) |
Approaching first switchbacks (view SE) |
First switchbacks (view SE) |
Beyond first switchbacks (view SE) |
Five-needle Prickly Leaf in bloom |
Fossil Trail (view SE) |
Approaching second switchbacks (view SE) |
Switching back (view NE) |
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Fossil Trail approaching the top of the canyon (view SE) |
First Finger trail junction (view S) |
Trail runs up into Fossil Canyon (view S) |
Jeep Trail trail junction (view S) |