Sunday, June 19, 2011

Why is this mountain called Four Peaks?

Visible from most of the East Salt River Valley, this prominent mountain is obviously called Four Peaks. This is one of the few peaks high enough to get snow more than once a year. If you click on the photo, you can expand the screen to see more detail. Once one of the local Scout Troops got stranded up on Four Peaks and they had to be "rescued." This happened mostly because they didn't give the Scouts time to get back down before calling out the rescue efforts. But you never know. There is a road that climbs up from the desert north of Mesa on the Beeline Highway called the Four Peaks Road. Although it becomes a true four-wheel drive road, it does get almost to where you can see the patch of snow next to the cliffs on the west side (left) of the photo.

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