Fay Canyon Overlook Dec 16

Up Bear Mountain to the overlook on First Bench, and then up three more benches to get views of Fay from the highest level
PC150090   FAY CANYON OVERLOOK PC150092 tonemapped   From the Bear Mountain trailhead, we cross a series of small washes PC150093 PC150094   ...And climb First Bench
PC150096 PC150097 PC150098 tonemapped PC150099   Now to cross First Bench to the first pont overlooking Fay Canyon
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PC150113   Time for a break... PC150114 PC150115 PC150116
PC150118   ...and to explore Bootlegger's Cave PC150119 PC150120 PC150121
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PC150135 PC150136 PC150137   Back up onto the point PC150139   An unusual cactus for this area
PC150140 PC150141 PC150142 PC150144   Now we go up to the next bench...
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PC150155   A higher overlook on Fay PC150157 PC150159 tonemapped PC150160
PC150161 PC150162   ...Now up to the fourth bench PC150163 PC150168 tonemapped
PC150169 tonemapped PC150171 PC150172 PC150173   The last climb up
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PC150179 tonemapped   Now we're seeing Fay from the top PC150180 PC150181 PC150182 tonemapped
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PC150190 PC150191 tonemapped PC150193 PC150195   Returning down the public trail
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PC150202 PC150203   A last view of Bear Mountauin from below