Hangover Trail Nov 16
A climb to the saddle on Mitten Ridge on Schnebly Hill Road, then around the back of the formation on the Hangover Trail.
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HANGOVER TRAIL
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Our target is already visible, the shadowed saddle
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Passsing Huckaby Heights, with its muiltiple windows
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The Munds Wagon public trail
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Then up a long wash with several pouroffs
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There has been recent rain
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The twisty tree, wich seems to have grown down and then upward
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A midmorning break...
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An arch forming above the Fort Apache Layer
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...And then we emerge onto open rock
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The ledges begin here, a part of the trail posted as very hazardous for bikers
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But they like it here.
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Up on the saddle
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Looking over the other side of it, at Midgley Bridge
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The 'hangover' portion starts at the lower right
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Tafoni weathering of sandstone
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Highly visible cross-bedding here
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We have now come around far enough to see a part of Uptown...
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...and Huckaby
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Dropping down a lavel to return to the Munds Wagon Trail
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