Elephant Mountain Summit - Spur Cross Photoset • Hansenaz • 2015-03-08 • HikeArizona.COM

Elephant Mountain Summit - Spur Cross, AZ

	2015-03-08
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Elephant Mountain Summit - Spur Cross

Phoenix, AZ

Elephant Mountain Summit - Spur Cross

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	8.80 Miles	2,433 AEG

Hiking	8.80 Miles	6 Hrs 55 Mns	1.27 mph
	2,433 ft AEG

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I took a scenic route up Elephant Mountain including some hilltops along the way.

I was expecting to find a ruin on the first hill but what looked like walls in the satellite picture were not. There were a couple small clearings near the top but no pottery. I continued along to a much lower ridge and saw several likely looking rock alignments but was not convinced they were ruins till I found a couple pieces pottery. There were a few petroglyphs at the ridge edge just past the small ruins.

Since I was close and there were a couple other interesting looking shelves along the way I continued up the side of Elephant Mountain and took the ridge to the top. I saw a few other odd sherds but no other cultural signs. Pleasant and scenic up there though slow going avoiding the surface rocks and cacti.

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[ checklist ] Elephant Mountain Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area

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