Mt Humphreys Sep 11

1 MT. HUMPHREYS	2	3 We start from the "lower parking," specifically for the trailhead, 300' of altitude lower than the Snow Bowl parking, but not closing early.	4
5 This broad meadow is actually the lowest ski run	6	7	8
9	10	11 Entering Arizona's only rainforest	12
13	14 Recently, severe winds felled large numbers of aspen and fir, blocking the Weatherford Trail. A portion of it was still uncleared this day.	15	16
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29	30	31 Past the deadfalls now, and climbing steadily on the Weatherford	32
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37	38	39 One switchback tirns at the Rockslide, a lava slipout. This is not a ski trail.	40
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49	50	51 This sign appriximately marks the treeline. It's a all-lava landscape above this.	52
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57 On the Saddle, lowest point of the south crater rim, everybody rests. We have lunch.	58	59	60
61	62 The Weatherford is heavily used by dogs.	63	64 Looking south toward Phoenix
65 Climbing higher around the rim	66	67	68
69	70	71	72 My highest point, 12,100', still 500' short of the summit
73 On this ridge the volcanic blowout of the original 20,000' peak is evident	74	75	76
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81	82	83 The mountain blew out to the north, just like Mt. St. Helens	84
85 Ski runs far below off the Snow Bowl complex	86	87 Back at the Saddle	88
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105 Chipmunks forage for the food people drop at the Saddle	106	107	108
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113	114	115	116 Heading back down
117	118	119 Re-entering the treeline	120
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137	138	139 The deadfall area near the bottom of the trail	140
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149 The ski run meadow, and we're down