 | | Author: | Art (ID: 1009) | | Posted: | 2008-12-21 03:44 GMT+00:00 | | Mileage: | 5.71 km | |
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 | Tags: | Photography, Hiking, Landscape, desert, hike, photographs |
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I've been on this trail several times. I wanted to do it again today so that I could map it with my i-gotU. It's in a low resolution area of Google Maps, so I can't see the trail with that. Now I finally know exactly where this trail goes.
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The parking area is large. It's usually empty, but today there were 4 vehicles there including mine. The road to the trail head is very rough. I would only go out there in a high clearance vehicle (4wd is not necessary, though).
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During most of the hike, the Superstition Mountains are in the direction of the sun, so I didn't get many pictures of them.
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Near the beginning, the trail goes past this large pointy rock. It will show up in a lot more of my pictures today.
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I'm already gaining a little altitude.
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The trail goes around to the left.
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It rained earlier this week. There is still a lot of water around.
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The trail crosses this stream several times. Normally, it's dry.
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The big pointy rock is receding in the distance.
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There are a lot of hoodoos in the Superstition Mountains.
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This area is very rocky.
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This part of the trail is easy to follow.
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The trail, and my shadow.
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A glimpse of Four Peaks in the distance.
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Soon I will be above that cliff.
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I'm well above the pointy rock now.
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I think the desert is beautiful out here.
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There are a few puddles of water around.
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Even with the cairns, the trail is harder to follow here.
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The black streaks on the cliffs are where water is flowing.
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The trail goes over bare rock, which makes it hard to see.
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Looking back towards the valley. That's the Goldfield Mountains in the distance on the right.
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Far above the big pointy rock.
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An agave flower stalk and Four Peaks.
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I could hear this water splashing. I didn't hike all the way over to the waterfall, though. You can see a video of this waterfall at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtMQi1h0yZU
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Cliffs abound out here.
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That bump on the horizon is Weaver's Needle This is not a good point from which to view it.
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A sotol flower stalk and Weaver's Needle.
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Sotol and agave in the foreground.
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That's an unusual rock formation.
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All the other hikers have left. I have all this to myself!
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Sotol flower stalk and Four Peaks.
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A rock in the trail, shaped like a broken heart.
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Almost back to the big pointy rock.
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Saguaro sentinels.
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I like the way these rocks look.
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One last shot of Four Peaks as I get back to the truck.
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