Ritter Butte Sep 10
Starting from the Oak CReek Canyon trailhead near Slide Rock.
This is a first test of the Olympus E-PL1.
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RITTER BUTTE
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The trail ascends steeply up the wall of Oak Creek Canyon
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We are soon in ponderosa country
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Slash ricked for burning
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These hitching posts are now in very rotted condition
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Emerging on top
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This are is called Harding Spring, though no trace of the spring remains
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Our snack stop
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We move on small social trails to Ritter Butte
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Perlina finds a feather, species unknown
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The last climb up the butte
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Views at this point are amazing
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We look down on the Visa Point
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Oak Creek Canyon
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A hedgehog cactus
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San Francisco Peaks with Lowell Observatory
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From here we cut off-trail to the canyon view point
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Bracken!
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Back at the canyon overlook
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Back down the steep wall
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