Steamboat Rock Mar 09
From the Midgley Bridge trailhead
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STEAMBOAT ROCK
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A Westerners sign at the Wilson trailhead
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The old bridge over Wilson Canyon
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Crossing the wash at the head of the canyon
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First, we explore lower Wilson Canyon
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Our snack stop at the head of Lower WIlson
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...Which is a good view point
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Steamboat Rock
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Our destination, Steamboat Rock
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Steamboat Rock
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Back from our side trip up the canyon, we take the turnoff to Steamboat
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...via the Jim Thompson Trail
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On the Jim Thompson, this "flower wall" shows off spring blossoms
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We start to climb Steamboat
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Ledge climbing
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Steamboat Rock
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It gets steeper...
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We can see our intended lunch spot now
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As we get higher, the views expand
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Toward Wilson Mountain
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Looking back at the Midgley
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Looking toward Uptown
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These polygons are formed by limstone deposition along cracks
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Steamboat Rock
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"We're headed this way"
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Our lunch spot, between two spires
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Steamboat Rock
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This is probably not a true ruin
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The top of the Fort Apache layer is a convenient place to sit
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Steamboat Rock
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We head back. A manzanita blossom.
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These aren't shamrocks, but this is St. Patrick's Day
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