The hike starts out fully 400 feet higher than the summit of Cedar Mountain. I would descend over a thousand feet before climbing the actual mountain

Cedar Mountain as seen from the low point

About halfway up

Almost to the top

The last of the rocks just below the top

View of Comanche Point from the slopes below the top of Cedar Mountain

This is probably the highest point. Note a rock tucked into the crook of a tree stump

Looking north, I think that's Gold Hill

Comanche Point

Looking south from on top the peak, roughly where I topped out on these jumbly rocks

View of the bluff on which the Desert View tower and overlook sit. You can barely see the tower

The Desert View tower is in shadow

Navajo Point highpoint and benchmark stuff

View of the peak from the Desert View overlook

Cedar Mountain as seen from the Little Colorado River Gorge scenic vista

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