Adams Mesa
November 19, 2018

Adams Mesa from where I parked: Point 2453 (left), the highpoint then the benchmark peak

Approaching Point 2453

The highpoint peak, guarded by cholla

View back at Point 2453, in the morning glare

Now looking up at the BM peak

The last few feet

Adams Benchmark from 1935

Look back at the highpoint peak

View west: the actual mesa part of Adams Mesa. In back are the McDowells, Troon Mountain, Cone, Brown's Ranch, Cholla and Granite Peaks

View south of Red Mountain and Sawik Peak, partially obscured by the bush

Northeast view of Four Peaks

North View: (bigger) Granite Peak, the Mazatzal Peaks in far back, Diamond Peak (I think), Mount Ord, and Crabtree Butte in front of Ord

View of the HP peak and of the BM Peak as I descend

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