Blair Benchmark
October 31, 2021

This shot is from near where we parked. One of those peaks may be Blair Benchmark peak. I am not sure

Approaching a saddle on the way to the top. This is not the summit you see here

This is Blair Benchmark Peak. Serious cliffs, man

Matthias and I starting up into the chute (c) Scott Peavy

Me coming up the chute (c) Matthias Stender

Look down the chute we scrambled up

Up on top the cliffs, the summit is up ahead

Almost to the top (c) Scott Peavy

View west from the summit, with the nearby cliffs and Pinal Peak in the distance

Southwest view: El Capitan

View south, more cliffs

Matthias and I starting down the steep slope off this high ridge (c) Scott Peavy

The cliffs as we descend

A broader view of the cliffs. The highpoint is at the far right, the chute we ascended is somewhere left of the highpoint, and the slope we descended is directly ahead here

The two benchmarks: the unstamped one and the stamped one. The old broken bridge near where the road leaves US-70

Matthias and I hiking out (c) Scott Peavy

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