Stewart Mountain Highpoint & Peaks 2939 and 2973
December 17, 2015 & February 12, 2026


Stewart Mountain, Peaks 2973 (left) and 2939 (right)


Looking up the rocky gully between the two peaks


This was typical


Nearing the top of the gully


Stewart Mountain Highpoint is seen ahead


Starting up Peak 2939


The top rock of Peak 2939


View down to Saguaro Lake, with Peak 2973 to the right. Weavers Needle is in the distance


Peak 2973 and a reflector structure on its slope, Stewart Mountain Highpoint to the right


Hiking up to Peak 2973, with that reflector thing and a transmitter of some sort


Looking south from the top of Peak 2973, the topmost rock is in front


Unimpeded view of Saguaro Lake


View down, the Highpoint Peak


Summit rock of Peak 2973, close up of the reflector with some tags, view of Peak 2972 and a cross that someone put up


Summit rocks of Peak 2939, plus a view down to where I parked


The Four Peaks are framed as I start the exit


Summit of the Highpoint (Dec 2015)


Stick Scott at the summit. He retired a few years ago and lives a life of leisure in my office propped up against a wall


The three peaks as seen from the north, the Highpoint is to the right

 

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