Derrick Promontory Butte Loop Photoset • John9L • 2013-05-11 • HikeArizona.COM

Derrick Promontory Butte Loop, AZ

	2013-05-11
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Derrick Promontory Butte Loop, AZ

Hiking		May 11 2013
		John9L

Hiking	18.03 Miles	4,276 AEG

Hiking	18.03 Miles	6 Hrs 56 Mns	2.66 mph

	4,276 ft AEG	10 Mns Break

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6 linked trail guides

Horton Creek Trail #285

Derrick Trail #33

Promontory Trail #278

Highline Trail #31

Promontory Butte 7,914

Horton Springs Trail #292

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JuanJaimeiii

Nice day out with JJ3 & LP. We followed the Derrick Trail up to the Promontory Trail and on to the rim. The way up is ridiculously steep and loose! It was a lot of work struggling up the "trail". Once on top our going was fairly easy as we made our way over to the high point. While searching we spotted a six foot cairn and then found the register buried over by the rim. We signed in and enjoyed the views.

From there we made our way to 300 and followed that west to Horton. We made our way down another semi steep trail. Our plan was to take Horton back but made a wrong turn and decided to just go with it and returned via the Highline and Derrick Trail thus completing a lasso loop.

Felt great getting back out above the rim. It's such beautiful country up there. I look forward to spending a lot of time up there this summer. Bring on the heat!

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Cairn Summit Register Log

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Promontory Butte

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