A hike across two hills: first, up the Cockscomb from the Aerie trailhead, then across beside Aerie to the side of Doe Mountain, then up Doe and return on the north-side public trail to Aerie Trailhead
1 COCKSCOMB TO DOE MOUNTAIN
2 Signing in at the trail register
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4 We start by heading toward Cockscomb
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6 Passing close to the Aerie development boundary
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8 This trail was well populated
9 Climbing Cockscomb
10 Large houses in Aerie below us
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23 Doe Mountain, our next target
24 The first scramble up a vertical layer
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28 This seems to have been a small ceremonial room
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39 The second scramble up
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47 The mesa top of Cockscomb
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67 New construction at Aerie
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70 Now we head down the way we came up
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118 And down the public trail on the north side of the mesa
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122 Near the Doe Mtn parking, we turn left onto the Aerie connector...
