I had been debating for a while whether or not to climb this mountain to
the 3,526 foot summit. It seemed rather difficult with all the giant
boulders. But I finally gave it a try, and it wasn't nearly as difficult
as I had imagined it would be. I went up the east side, and came down the easier west side to the Granite Mountain Loop Trail for a 4.8 mile loop. The entire hike took about 4 hours. The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is located in Scottsdale, at the edge of the basin-and-range province.
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| The Bootlegger Trail |
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| Granite Mountain |
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| Heading up the mountain. |
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| The summit lies ahead. |
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| The summit lies ahead. |
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| Onward to the summit. |
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| View from the summit. |
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| I brought my tripod with. |
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| The second summit from the first summit. |
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| The view from the second summit. |
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| The second summit I climbed. |
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| The second summit. |
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| The second summit. |
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| Looking back at the first summit. |
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| A balanced rock. |
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| My route. |
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