Mark's Scenic Arizona

Yellow Peak = January 21, 2011

Second Water Trail to Black Mesa Trail to Yellow Peak

Almost all these photos were taken FROM Yellow Peak

Dead Saguaro
Aliens on the water?
Weird looking patterns
Algae on-the-rocks
The 'skin' of an old Saguaro
Another view
View from Yellow Peak toward the Superstition ridgeline
View from Yellow Peak over Black Mesa
View from Yellow Peak over Black Mesa
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
Just a bunch of cacti
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Malapais Mountain
Looking down on Boulder Canyon
Looking down on Boulder Canyon
Looking down on Boulder Canyon
On ridge ENE of Yellow Peak
View from Yellow Peak - Weaver's Needle
View from Yellow Peak - Malapais Mountain
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Weaver's Needle
View down on Boulder Canyon
View down on Boulder Canyon
Rock formation on ridge ENE of Yellow Peak
Saguaro skeleton near the upper saddle
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Battleship & Geronimo Head
View from Yellow Peak - Black Mesa
View from Yellow Peak ENE to lower saddle
View from Yellow Peak - Malapais Mountain
View from Yellow Peak - Red Hills
View from Yellow Peak - Red Hills
Yellow Peak summit log
View from Yellow Peak - Black Mesa Trail
View from Yellow Peak - Black Mesa Trail
View from Yellow Peak - Weaver's Needle
View from Yellow Peak - Weaver's Needle
View from Yellow Peak - Palomino Mountain
View from Yellow Peak - Black Top Mesa
View from Yellow Peak - Malapais Mountain
Summit log is in the rocks
View from Yellow Peak - Downtown Phoenix in the smoggy haze
Looks like a meteor hit south of Yellow Peak
View from Yellow Peak - Weaver's Needle
View from Yellow Peak to the ESE
View from Yellow Peak to the ESE
View from Yellow Peak to the south
View from Yellow Peak - Black Mesa Trail
View from Yellow Peak - Black Mesa Trail
View from Yellow Peak to the south
View from Yellow Peak to the south
Dead Saguaro
Dead Saguaro
View from Yellow Peak - Weaver's Needle
View from Yellow Peak - Four Peak in background
View from Yellow Peak - Malapais Mountain
Lightning-struck Saguaro
Lightning-struck Saguaro take two
Weaver's Needle & Palomino Mountain
Weaver's Needle
Malapais Mountain
Superstition Ridgeline
Palomino Mountain
Saguaro skeleton
Another lightning-struck Saguaro

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