Brins Ridge Feb 10
Starting at the Jordan Road parking area
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BRINS RIDGE
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We climb the public trauil to the top of Brins MEsa
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To the right is our destimation, Brins Ridge
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Snack break as we reach the mesa
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Brins Ridge
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We reach the burn area
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Climbing the Ridge
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On top of the Ridge
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Looking across to Soldier Pass
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Great views of West Sedona
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Brins Mesa, showing the burn area
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We reach the end of the ridge - lunch!
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Just across from us is the Sphinx...
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...where we see the Scouts are hiking today
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After lunch, we press on into Soldier Pass
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A distant view of Bell Rock
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Back in the burn area on the mesa, we work our way around the end of the Ridge
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At the edge of the mesa, hugs blocks are splitting off, soon to fall into Soldier Pass
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We climb down a steep wash into Soldier Pass
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We are now passing underneath the former set of teetering blocks
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The first small cave
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We reach the great arch
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A recently calved set of block at the edge of the trail
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We are now at the mouth of the canyon, near the Soldier Pass trailhead. We cut back to our starting point.
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AT Devil's Kitchen, the Grand Piano
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The Sphinx and Brins Ridge, from below
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