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Battleship Mountain 4165 - Nutt Wilderness, AZ
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| Hiking | 4.60 Miles |
1,900 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.60 Miles | | | |
| 1,900 ft AEG | | | | |
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| no partners | | I was planning on going to Boundary Cone, but there was a bottleneck through Oatman, so I immediately turned around to go back to the Battleship. I had ventured through the wash the week prior and up the side drainage to the Class 3, 30 foot section of dry falls. I made it up the first section, which was vertical, but had good ledges for holds. The second section felt a little iffy for me, due to the smooth rock and lack of good holds. I decided it was best to turn around there, as I had started late in the day and wasn't going to make the peak anyways. On that trip, I stayed high on the way back, above the wash, and contoured along the base/ridge. I decided I would try taking the ridge on the next trip, which seemed more straightforward and direct.
I parked off of Silver Creek Road and headed north, cutting through a few dirt roads/washes, to an obvious mine road. The mine road takes you up to the ridge, which I tried to follow from that point on. I followed burro paths for the first half (the same burros were up there as the previous trip) and are in abundance. About halfway, you come to an obvious rock precipice. I chose to stay to the right of it, at its base, and you cross a short section of scree rock, which was pretty interesting. Just past the precipice you top out at a saddle of sorts and can now better see what is ahead of you. Lots of cactus (the burro paths had disappeared at this point) and a couple minor cliff bands will bring you to the base of the summit ridge. It was a little steep in spots, but I managed to find a chute up to the main ridge. Just keep going up where you can and the ridge narrows through an exposed section, but it is just a walk by at this point. A little more scrambling up will bring you to an open area that has a ton of cactus. Again, I started late in the day, and this was my turnaround point, but I got a nice view of the remaining ridge and summit ahead. As it always is with these steep, off trail type hikes, it took me longer to go down than up.
Fun route and I will be back again, but the cactus really can't be avoided. I think balls stuck into my shoe or me probably 10 times. Outside of that, this is a really neat area. |
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