I hiked and climbed up Capitol Butte (Thunder Mountain) in Sedona to the 6,355 foot summit. It's a class 3 climb on a faint and unmaintaned trail. It took me 6.5 hours and it was only 3.9 miles round trip. Lots of class 3 climbing. I didn't see a single person on the trail. Beautiful trail to get away from the Sedona crowds.
Capitol Butte is notorious for causing hikers to get into trouble, and requiring rescue. Therefore I was extra cautious, and had no problems other than briefly losing the trail several times. But I always backtracked to the last rock cairn to figure it out or consulted my map and location on my phone. The steepest is climbing the Coconino Sandstone to the summit.
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| Heading up the trail. |
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| Heading up the trail. |
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| Heading up the trail. |
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| Looking back at the trail. |
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| The view from the trail. |
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| Class 3 climb to the summit. |
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| Class 3 climb to the summit. |
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| View from the summit. |
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| View from the summit. |
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| Me on the summit. |
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| Humphrey's Peak from the summit. |
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| The top of Capitol Butte. |
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| The route down. |
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| The route down. |
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| Capitol Butte from the trail. |
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| My route. |
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