San Luis Mountains Highpoint & Black Mesa
January 27, 2024


The San Luis Mountains come into view, but that's not the summit


Closer view


About halfway up


That's the summit up ahead


Slightly lower now, summit is centered


The summit ahead


Rock, grass, a fence, an antenna


West: the Pozo Verde Mountains (Pozora BM), which I climbed earlier today


Snow-clad Santa Rita Mountains in the distance, Fraguita Peak closer in


View north from where I came, Cerro Colorado in the mid-distance


Pile of rocks on the lower ridge bump summit


View northwest across the Altar Valley: Baboquivari Peak, Kitt Peak, and Coyote Peak

 

Black Mesa


Black Mesa ain't so black


Typical terrain


Summit there


One set of summit rocks, view west at the San Luis Mountains highpoint, roughly centered


Fraguita Peak from another set of summit rocks. I thought these were higher


Hiking back down to my shiny thing

 

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