Santa Rita Peak as I approach it

On its lower slope

First false summit and a fence

The summit now appears, being the right bump on the skyline

Second false summit

Last slope to the top

The summit as viewed from the benchmark bump

The summit rocks and tree

Look back at the benchmark bump

North: Mounts Hopkins and Wrightson poke above the ridges

On the descent, the ascent ridge and its false summits is seen to the right

Getting lower, Peak 5077 is seen in the near distance

Look back up at the peak from the descent ridge

Peak 5077

The top of Peak 5077

The real top of Peak 5077

View north, Santa Rita Peak and the high Santa Rita skyline in back

View west, my car is down there

South, Mount Washington in back

Summit platform of Peak 5077

Peak 5077 as I descend

Peak 5077, Peak 4862 which I skipped, a witness marker on top of Santa Rita Peak, and a random lower leg. Oh deer.

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