Grandview Trail - Cave of the Domes Photoset • TM1ssKDMac • 2009-01-17 • HikeArizona.COM

Grandview Trail - Cave of the Domes, AZ

	2009-01-17
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Grandview Trail - Cave of the Domes

Northwest, AZ

Grandview Trail - Cave of the Domes

Northwest, AZ

Hiking	6.50 Miles	2,600 AEG

Hiking	6.50 Miles	9 Hrs	0.72 mph
	2,600 ft AEG

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Departed Winslow at 0530, stopped in Flagstaff to pick up Steve. We arrived at Grandview Point about 0830. Gearing up we headed over the edge and quickly decided that we needed to put on crampons. The trail was very slick and steep.

As we started leveling out and moving away from the south rim out onto Horseshoe Mesa the snow slowly faded away and we had dry trail ahead. Passing the old copper mine and the remains of an old stone house we proceded out onto the west end of Horseshoe Mesa and them turned west and followed a the large gully down to the mouth of the Cave Of The Domes on the west face of the west side of the mesa.

We spent an hour exploring the caverns and then put packs back on and started the long trudge back up to the parking lot at Grandview Point with the the full hearts, heads and tired legs of a day well spent getting back to nature.

Geology

Geology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Curtain Travertine

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Kelly D. McLaughlin

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