Nov 10, 2020

State: AZ
Distance: 9.2 mi
Gain: 3,850 ft
ROUTE: Map, GPX, KML
Peaks: 5

Area:
Kofa Wilderness

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
3,103 ft
373 ft
3,050 ft
300 ft
3,273 ft
1,303 ft
2,930 ft
520 ft
1,888 ft
298 ft
  • Starting out from the Kofa Wilderness boundary.
  • Walking up the old road.
  • Canyon leading toward Black Tank Benchmark.
  • I bypassed a dryfall by following some cairns up the left side of the canyon.
  • View back down the canyon.
  • Bypassing the dryfall.
  • Entering the upper canyon.
  • Approaching Black Tank Benchmark.
  • Summit of Black Tank Benchmark.
  • View north from the summit.
  • Heading for Clifty Benchmark.
  • Clifty Benchmark (center) and Peak 3050 (right).
  • Skirting below the cliffs on the left to reach Peak 3050.
  • Clifty Benchmark.
  • Signal Peak in the distance to the north.
  • Approaching Clifty Benchmark.
  • Chute leading toward the summit.
  • Gaining the ridge in the center.
  • Top of the chute on the right. Some Class 3 scrambling led up to the summit on the left.
  • View from the top of the chute.
  • Summit of Clifty Benchmark.
  • View northwest from the summit toward Black Tank Benchmark.
  • View southeast toward Peak 2930.
  • I followed a different chute on the way down.
  • Clifty Benchmark from below.
  • Heading for Peak 2930.
  • Following the wash.
  • I went up the chute in the center.
  • Higher up in the chute.
  • View back to Clifty Benchmark.
  • View southeast from the summit of Peak 2930.
  • There were some cliffs blocking access into the canyon I was planning to use on the way back. After a little backtracking I found a way through.
  • More unnamed peaks on the way down.
  • At the top of the return canyon.
  • Dryfall in the canyon.
  • Steep cliffs lining the canyon.
  • Peak 1888, a final small peak I included on the way back.
  • Summit of Peak 1888.
  • View back to Peak 3050 (left), Clifty Benchmark (center), and Peak 2930 (right).
  • View southeast from the summit of Peak 1888.
  • Route leading back to the Jeep.
  • Peak 1888 from below.

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