Loy Butte Apr 17
A hike on Loy Butte above Honanki Ruin, between loy Canyon and Lincoln Canyon
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LOY BUTTE
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Sego lilies
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Fields of daisies are now in bloom
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We start up the canyon on the public trail
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Leavinngthe pubic trail, we cross a wash and climb Loy Butte
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Hedgehog cactus in bloom
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The route now leads up a series of narrow chutes
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This is our most difficult move
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Original adobe mortar is still in place
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The upper level, where the dinosaur tracks are. We will see them on the way back.
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Ovdr the top of the saddle
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Cowboy walls, built in the 19th century to control the movements of cattle
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We work our way around to the area of the butte above Honanki Ruin
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From the other side of the point, we can look down the ranch at the mouth of Loy
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It's windy up here, but a good place for lunch
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Going all the way around the butte requires an airstep just above those trees
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Yellow-green lichen
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Heading back the way we came
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A coiwboy bench contructed by the cattlemen
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Tracks of a dinosaur-age lizard, but quite a small one
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The claret cup variety of hedgehog
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Banana yucca with fruit. These are usually quickly eaten by javelina
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