Browns Peak
04/14/2004
04/14/2004
04/14/2004
Four Peaks is part of the Mazatzal Mountain Range, and the road to them is only about 15 miles from our house.
Our goal today is to hike to Brown's Peak, the highest of the 4 peaks. It's a 2 hour drive along a dusty jeep trail to the trailhead, but the scenery is worth the ride.
The trail is about 5 miles round trip, and has a 1,960 foot elevation. There was a fire that swept through here around 1986, and the scars still remain. But nature is resilient and the plants have started returning.
Artsy shot of burned off limbs
Brown's Peak
Cactus in bloom
Desert Flowers
Flowers among burned trees
Sharon standing behind the dirty truck
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Four Peaks - our goal for today
This is the view from the jeep road
There always has to be a shot of the truck on the trail
This is the trail we were on
George holding up interesting rocks
George near the top. Back a little more, back a little more......
We're near the top and that little white spot is a hiker on the trail
A shot of the jeep road to the peaks
Roosevelt Lake as seen from the trail
Very cool tree with burned out center
OK, so it's another shot of the burned center
Sharon resting just below the peak.
Here is where we were heading - the gap almost at the top
Here's what it looks like from the peak
Another magnificant view from the peak