this was such a dream come true. ever since I first visited Sedona, i wanted to get to the top of this thing!!!
Like Bear mountain, (see Part II- soon to come) it stands high enough to see Humphrey's snow-capped peak all the way up in Flagstaff, over 50 miles away! It stretches so long that it covers along the whole hub of town. Once you catch a view from it's side tho, you realize it's actually quite narrow and jagged along the top, that makes a kind of zig-zag up to the highest point.
Our friend Cam drove up from Tempe to experience this one with us. We'd talked about doing it for weeks, and now today felt like the time to do it. we were pretty amped-up, and even a tad nervous! it's no mount Everest, but it's a lot of elevation to climb in a short amount of distance, and we'd heard stories of the sheer edges we would encounter.
It took us 2.5 hours to reach the summit, where it's COVERED in manzanita trees, and two different large rock chunks to sit on and take in the views... a full-on shot of our snowboarding mountain to the north, and the entire sprawl of Sedona down on the other side. we could spot Key Hole Cave from our hike just the day before! and what a sight to look back and realize all the spine of grey rock we walked along to reach this point.
it wasn't as scary as some folks made it out to be. It was tricky in some areas; lots of slanted walking, some very steep areas to get thru, and loose rocks left and right. the best/ most-used path was not always obvious, sometimes seeming to just fade away. we lost the trail several times both up and down. but we figured it out and made it back alive 😁 it was so fun to be up there, in breathtaking views, and now deeply satisfying to see it from the ground and say "We did it!" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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