The Fin Apr 16

To Mormon Overlook, followed by west side of the Fin, and the steep descent into the wash leading back to the trailhead
IMG 4066 THE FIN IMG 4067 Starting upthe Brins Mesa trail IMG 4068 IMG 4069
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IMG 4077 IMG 4078 At Mormon Overlook IMG 4079 IMG 4080
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IMG 4087 Heading back down off the Mesa, with the Fin in the background IMG 4088 IMG 4090 Here we turn off for the Fin IMG 4092
IMG 4093 Through the cypress thicket IMG 4094 IMG 4097 And up the slope to the north end of the Fin IMG 4098
IMG 4099 IMG 4100 IMG 4102 A hedgehog in bloom IMG 4103
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IMG 4110 IMG 4111 IMG 4113 tonemapped A loook back over Uptown, and the Jordan parking area where we started IMG 4115
IMG 4116 IMG 4118 A good place for lunch. about midway along the Fin IMG 4120 IMG 4122
IMG 4124 IMG 4127 IMG 4128 The Saxophone IMG 4129
IMG 4130 IMG 4131 At the south end of the Fin, we start a steep descent off the rock IMG 4134 First chute... IMG 4135
IMG 4136 IMG 4139 IMG 4140 Then the big ledge... IMG 4141
IMG 4142 Then the second chute... IMG 4143 IMG 4146 IMG 4147
IMG 4149 The second group is heading the way we just came IMG 4151 IMG 4152 IMG 4153
IMG 4155 IMG 4156 IMG 4158 The tricky third chute ivolves getting around a low tree branch IMG 4160
IMG 4162 Each person decides whether to go over or under this one IMG 4165 IMG 4166 IMG 4168
IMG 4170 Now we're at the head of a wash that will take us to the Jim Thompson public trail IMG 4171 IMG 4172 When the wash gets difficult, we switch to a small trail above it IMG 4173 tonemapped
IMG 4174 IMG 4175 tonemapped IMG 4176 Back on the Jim Thompson, and a short pitch to the trailhead IMG 4178