DESTINATION Peak 1787 - Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 5.50 Miles |
789 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.50 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 1.83 mph |
| 789 ft AEG | 1 Hour Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Inspired by an article in the Prescott Daily Courier by Ted Johnson, I parked at the intersection of Shea Road and Swansea Mine Road. Plenty of parking here and paved all the way from Parker, AZ. Directly across Shea Road, there are the remains of an old road that works its way up the side of a ridge. At the point the road reaches the ridgetop, there is a geocache commemorating the site of an RF-4B reconnaissance jet that crashed in 1975. Some of the debris is still obvious on the eastern flank of the ridge. Continuing up the ridge, the road ends in a turnaround, but the route is obvious along the ridge top. I continued to a false summit, where I had my lunch, and then continued on to my destination, an unnamed peak at 1787’.
This is not the actual Gibraltar Mountain, which is marked on my USGS map at 1539’ about 2.2 miles to the northwest. Nor is it the highest peak in the range, which I reckon to be the rough looking peak at 1928’ about 1.5 miles to the southwest of it. With the scenery and the wreckage, it makes for an interesting, easy off-trail hike. |
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