Mark's Scenic Arizona

Search for GPS Joe = December 20, 2010

Hiked around Mt Peeley and on the ridge to Sheep Mountain

Spent a long the day searching with Liz and Curtis

Start of our search day: 8:47 am
Burned out tree skeletons
Heading SW toward Sheep Mountain
Mt Ord on the left, Four Peaks in background
Peak 6910
Far right background is Bartlett Lake
Our destination, Sheep Mountain
Peaks on the way to Sheep Mtn
Peak 6910 on the way to Sheep Mtn
Peak 6910 on the way to Sheep Mtn
Sheep Mountain
View NW from near Peak 6910
Sheep Mountain
Looking back on Peak 6910
Closing in on Sheep Mountain
Wally's search track came up the gorge
NW slope of Sheep Mountain
We'll foloow the ridge to summit Sheep
Mt Peeley is on the left
Area of Joe's
More of the last chance route
Continuing on the ridgeline toward Sheep
Last year's
More of the NW slope of Sheep Mtn
Another tree skeleton on Sheep approach
We'll go up and over this one
View down toward the south
Down the NW again
Saddle Mountain
Looking back Curtis' rappel area
Closeup of his rappel area
Peeley on left again
On Sheep Mountain summit
Looking west from Sheep summit
Four Peaks in the left background
Looking down form Sheep summit
Again from the summit
Liz climbed down here and circled left
Close-up trying to locate white spot Liz saw
NW down from the summit
West from the summit
Last chance route is down there
Last chance crosses from upper right to left
N from the summit
Mt Peeley in center background
Cornucopia/Thicket Spring area
Four Peaks on left, Flatiron on right
Weaver's Needle in backgrounds
Bartlett Lake in right background
Close-up of Bartlett Lake from Sheep summit
Sheep Mountain summit cairn
Looking back on our retrun route
We're headed thataway!
And back across there
North slope of Sheep Mountain
Closeup of north slope of Sheep Mountain
On the way back
Almost stepped on this guy
Example of the terrain
Example of the terrain
Example of the terrain
More burned out tree skeletons
The tree points to Mazatzal Peak
East side of Mt Peeley
On the return trip
Heading down from Mt Peeley
Heading back down from Mt Peeley
Low sun casting larger shadows
another angle on the shadows
2nd time with another setting
4:44 pm, the end of our search day

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