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| Hiking | 1.82 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 1.82 Miles | 1 Hour 55 Mns | | 0.95 mph |
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| no partners | | After driving past the Dromedary Peak dozens of times, I finally decided to hike it. Plus I always like to add benchmark photographs to my collection, and I knew this peak had a benchmark and two reference marks.
Today was a cool and sunny day. The road was in good condition all the way to the 'trailhead' where I parked (used the official route posted on HAZ). The road was a little rocky in places, but any vehicle could make it. This is state trust land (state land permit required), and the road has a gate just after exiting highway 60. I was happy that it wasn't a difficult gate to open & close.
The hike wasn't as steep as I was expecting, and soon enough I was on the top. Along the way there were some small puddles with ice on a few rocks. With no official trail to the top, I followed game trails whenever I saw them. It was amazing the number of natural steps while heading up, which made the hike much easier.
Found a summit cairn with a register underneath inside a glass peanut butter jar. The notebook that I signed had not been signed since April of 2023. After returning the register to its place, I photographed all of the survey markers (dated 1938), which were easy to spot. The views are magnificent, especially of the Superstitions and Weaver's Needle to the north.
The hike down was easy with a little bit of boulder hopping. Nothing very steep. Overall it was a nice summit and short hike. |
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Wildflowers Observation None
one bush of yellow flowers was blooming (don't know what kind) |
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