The Flatiron with the Summit Just Beyond to the Left |
Starting Up the Siphon Draw Trail |
Well, That Part was Easy |
Just Above the Seasonal Waterfall |
The Route Up |
Where the Cliffs Narrow |
Helpful Paint Markings |
Some of the Scramble |
Which Handhold is Best? |
Looking Back at Siphon Draw |
The View North |
A Brief Respite Place Before Resuming the Climb |
Examining the Vegetation |
Resuming the Climb |
Finding the Route |
The Flatiron from Below |
Hoping it is Our Destination |
Other Hikers Catching Up |
The Sun Begins to Show |
Telephoto, but Still a Long Way Back Down the Canyon |
From Far Above Siphon Draw |
About Level with the Bottom of Flatiron Cliff |
It Pretty Much Seems Like Straight Up |
The Bottom of Flatiron Cliff on the Left |
Our First Destination Far Above |
Loose Footing |
Planning the Next Handhold |
A Sense of Steep |
Taking a Breather |
Hiding in the Bottom Left |
Finally, Level with the Flatiron |
The Trail Splits... this is the Flatiron |
Our Lunch Destination |
That's the Start of OurTrail Way Back Down There |
On the Flatiron Looking South with our Next Destination to the Left |
The Real Summit |
Greg Calling Jean |
From the Flatiron Looking Southwest |
Toward Apache Junction and Gold Canyon |
Gold Canyon Golf RV Resort in the Distance |
Greg Enjoying the View |
How Stable is That Edge? |
Starting Lunch |
Greg at Flatiron |
Pretty Straight Down |
Garden on the Flatiron |
My Lunch |
The Other Climbers Cooling Down |
Close Up Where We Climbed |
Getting Jean to Check Us Out in the Telescope |
Rebuilding Energy for the Return |
From the Flatiron to the Summit |
Find Greg on the Trail |
Some of the Plane Crash Fire |
Near the Summit |
Summit to the Left and Ridge Line to the Right |
From the Hoodoos Looking Back at the Flatiron |
From the Hoodoos Looking North |
A Fellow Traveller at the Summit |
Kim and Greg at the Summit |
Greg Calling Jean from the Summit |
Flatiron from the Summit |
Looking Southwest from the Summit |
A View of Weavers Needle from the Summit |
A View North from the Summit |
Down to the Flatiron |
The Payoff |
The Summit Looking West |
Flatiron Hoodoos |