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| Hiking | 6.57 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.57 Miles | 4 Hrs 32 Mns | | 1.56 mph |
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| no partners | | A few weeks ago while preparing for a different hike, I noticed a way point on a Route Scout topo map: Wicked Wall Spire, located NW of Fremont Saddle out towards West Boulder Canyon. The name had me, so I wanted to go see what it was about.
From Fremont Saddle, I took the route west of the saddle (see Super Dacite Loop) and headed up to the ridge above the saddle. I stayed on this route until it starts to bend SW towards west boulder canyon saddle. I then went off trail in a NW direction following the ridge. I found a cairn, then another, and thought I might be on to something. Until I cliffed out at the end of the cairns. I checked for possible routes down, found one that might work, started down, got skewered by an agave plant partially hidden in some other brush and decided this wasn't a good idea. I'll have to come back up and it will probably be warm by then. Time to call it a day.
On the way back, I noticed what appeared to be an arch in a cluster of hoodoos to my west. Since my Wicked Wall trek didn't work out, I could at least give that a shot. On the way to the arch, I spotted what I think is the Wicked Wall Spire and a possible route out there. I'll have to give that some more thought.
Took a few pics of the arch, then tried to work my up to the top of the cluster of hoodoos. I ran into a wall of vegetation and decided for a second time to call it a day. This time I did.
This was a relatively short, but very enjoyable hike on a gorgeous day in desert. |
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