Nov 9, 2020

Trip Length: 4 Hikes
State: AZ
Distance: 7.9 mi
Gain: 4,650 ft
ROUTE: Map, GPX, KML
Peaks: 6

Area:
Kofa Wilderness

Hike 1
Hike 2
Hike 3
Hike 4

Thumb Peak

4.5 Miles, 2600 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
3,407 ft
1,057 ft
2,964 ft
394 ft
2,910 ft
340 ft
  • Sunrise from Big Eye Wash at the end of the 4WD road.
  • Peak 2964, visited after climbing Thumb Peak.
  • Gully leading to Thumb Peak.
  • View back from further up the gully.
  • Thumb Peak from below. I aimed for the pointy rock that looked like a thumb (right of center).
  • Thumb Peak Benchmark coming into view on the left.
  • I went up the gully on the left.
  • View down from near the top of the gully.
  • View southeast from the top of the gully.
  • Summit of Thumb Peak. There was an easier way up on the left.
  • View northeast from the summit.
  • Castle Dome Peak (left) and Thumb Peak Benchmark (center).
  • Peak 2964 and Peak 2910 that I visited later in the afternoon.
  • Honkidori Benchmark to the southwest, the final peak I tagged on the drive out.
  • Sunrise over Thumb Peak on the way down.
  • Heading for Peak 2964.
  • View back to Thumb Peak.
  • Another view back on the way up Peak 2964.
  • Peak 2910.
  • South slope of Peak 2964.
  • I went up and to the left to reach the summit.
  • Scrambling up.
  • Another view of Peak 2910. The summit seemed to be guarded by cliffs.
  • Summit of Peak 2964.
  • Castle Dome Peak (center) and Thumb Peak Benchmark (right) from the summit of Peak 2964.
  • Thumb Peak Benchmark.
  • Peak 2910 to the northeast, the final peak in the loop.
  • View south to Thumb Peak.
  • Peak 2964.
  • Heading for Peak 2910.
  • Thumb Peak Benchmark.
  • Approaching Peak 2910.
  • Zoom to Thumb Peak Benchmark. It looked difficult from every angle.
  • Peak 2910.
  • Brushy gully leading to the summit.
  • Thumb Peak Benchmark and the summit of Peak 2910.
  • Thumb Peak Benchmark.
  • Another view of Thumb Peak Benchmark.
  • View north from the summit.
  • View east from the summit.
  • View south from the summit.
  • Remnants of the Big Eye Mine on the hike out.
  • Mining cabin that was in suprisingly good shape.
  • Some history about the cabin.
  • Inside of the cabin.
  • Another view of the cabin.

Peak 1962

1.6 Miles, 950 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
1,962 ft
352 ft
  • Peak 2410 on the drive out.
  • Another view of Peak 2410 from the south.
  • View back to Thumb Peak (left) and Peak 2910 (right)
  • Thumb Butte.
  • Another view of Thumb Butte.
  • Starting for Peak 1962.
  • View west on the way up.
  • Approaching the summit.
  • Summit of Peak 1962.
  • View east to remote peaks in the Kofa Wilderness.
  • View north to Thumb Peak.

Peak 1910

0.6 Miles, 450 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
1,910 ft
400 ft
  • Peak 1910 not far from the road.
  • Fun ridge scramble up to the summit.
  • View north from the summit.
  • View south from the summit. All afternoon I could hear mortar rounds going off in the Yuma Proving Grounds.

Honkidori Benchmark

1.2 Miles, 650 Gain

Peak
Elevation
Prominence
1,802 ft
432 ft
  • On the drive out I went right past Honkidori Benchmark, so I did a quick ascent before sunset.
  • Honkidori Benchmark.
  • Setting sun.
  • Part way up.
  • Shadows on the Kofa Wilderness.
  • Final scramble up to the summit.
  • Final light from the summit.
  • Enjoying the sunset.

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