Mayan Maiden Feb 12
North of Verde Valley SChool Rd in Village of Oak Creek
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MAYAN MAIDEN
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Starting at the first Verde Valley School Rd trailhead, S side
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Look! Up in the sky!
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The Mayan Maiden. This is as close as we get this hike.
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We head up to cross the back of Seven Sisters
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The Gunsight, overlooking Village of Oak Creek
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By now it was getting cold and windy, so we take a snack break in a sheltered spot
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A more easterly view across VOC
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It's raining a little now
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On the ridgeline heading gtoward Cathedral, we break for lunch
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On the south side of Cathedral
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We are again looing at the western side of VOC, from the ridge
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It is not easy to get off the backside of Cathedral...
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...because there is only one route past the steep pour-offs
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Through "Pallas' Buttcrack"
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Back on the level, and returning to the Turkey Creek trailhead
