Black Mountain

About halfway up

Stone walls line the summit

Summit area, view west of Blackjack Mountains Highpoint

South: Apache Peaks. Globe Hills

North: Haystack Butte

Northwest view

Peak 5339, or Hog Trough Peak

As viewed from near Hog Trough Tank

Summit in sight

South: El Capitan

Northeast: Blair Benchmark Peak

West: lower summit area, the Pinal Mountains

Hiking down, there's the tank. I'm parked near the light-colored objects (water tanks) on the road

Peak 4465

The final steep haul

North: Some of Roosevelt Lake can be seen. Armer Mountain and Asbestos Point, the south end of the Sierra Ancha

Northeast: Salt River Peak, with Rockinstraw to the right

East: The Apache Peaks in back, the Gerald Hills closer in

South: summit rocks, Webster Mountain

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