In the shadow, climbing up Davis Benchmark's south slope. Peak 1647 "Owl Butte" is seen in back

Looking up, still in shadow

Now at the south tip of the summit ridge

On the ridge, it gets narrow, the top could be any one of these rocks

Looking at the bump that holds Davis Benchmark

I'm standing at the presumed highest point, the disks would be in the ground in front

The reference disks and the benchmark

South view of the ridge

Hiking down, slightly better light

View south, Cortez Peak to the right

Davis Benchmark Peak, with what looks like an extinction-event asteroid coming for us

Now walking to Peak 1650, "Owl Butte"

The gully I climbed

On top, looking over at the highpoint

The top rocks, Saddle Mountain to the left, Palo Verde Hills to the mid-right

Davis Benchmark Peak

Walking down now, another view of Saddle Mountain

West: the Eagletail Mountains

On the steeper slopes, the highpoint is above those nubbins

A departing view

Davis Benchmark Peak and my car to the right

Views of Davis Benchmark (left) and Owl Butte (right) as seen from the north. A shot of the corner of 499th Avenue and Dobbins Road, in the middle of the middle of nowhere

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