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Rob Jones - Wild Vagabond
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Peak jaunt to O'leary Peak and Lookout. 10 miles, +/- 2,000' (@ 6900 to 8916'). With Ms Millie Vanillie
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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A footnote to Ms Millie Vanillie and San Francisco Mountain. Peak jaunt to O'leary Peak and Lookout. 10 miles, +/- 2,000' (@ 6900 to 8916'). With Ms Millie Vanillie and an encounter with Dennis Foster. Taking advantage of a sunny day with low winds, Millie and I are scuttling along the edge of Sunset Crater National Monument, alongside a craggy surface Lava flow, walking on cinders, and on our way to O'leary Peak and Lookout. The cinders, South-facing route, strong sunlight, all reasons how come this jaunt is one of the earliest and latest area trails to enjoy. I'm puffing up the closed lookout resupply road while Ms Millie is bouncing through vagrant low snow drifts and enjoying herself. A very quiet hike today. It's delightfully warm atop O'leary, with excellent views of shattered stratovolcano San Francisco Mountain to the West and the Painted Desert to the North. And, of course, an opportunity for a footnote to Ms Millie and the mountain. We will enjoy a conversation of all things Grand Canyon with Dennis Foster not long after slipping down the peak's Marston Mat.
February 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM