 Scrambling north from Wind Cave |
 Near ridgeline looking south |
 Near ridgeline looking north |
 View back toward trail head |
 This was the crux...wasn't too difficult |
 Near top of ridge |
 View northeast from ridge |
 Up and over a rocky spot along the ridge |
 Barrels camping out for a nice view |
 More ridgeline |
 Four Peaks in distance on left, top of Weavers Needle to the right |
 North towards Red Mountain |
 Downed saguaros...probably caused by a microburst |
 View north along ridge |
 Lichen |
 Another ridgeline view |
 View southeast towards a side canyon |
 Almost the identical view southeast towards a side canyon |
 One of the fallen saguaros |
 Sad to see a 200+ year old saguaro overturned |
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 Looks as though it was down at least a few weeks |
 Feeble root system shows how vulnerable the saguaro is |
 Heading towards Pass Mountain summit |
 Attaining the summit |
 ditto |
 View northwest from summit |
 Area around the summit |
 Groundcover the result of recent rains |
 View to the north |
 Pepsi can minding its own business |
 What becomes of a Pepsi can minding its own business |
 Looking back towards the Goldfields and Superstition wilderness |
 Another view |
 Spot where we began the descent |
 Chalcedony "frosting" on volcanic rock |
 Part of the scramble down through a saguaro-speckled ravine |
 View of Red Mountain on the way down |
 The look back up towards the ridge |
 Twinned saguaro |