7th Stroke Anniversary Hike -- 4 Peaks

pics by Harlan W. S. March 08, 2009

~14.2 miles, 6240’ accumulated elevation gain. We started in Calico Basin, then went over Graycap, down to Brownstone Basin, then up Damsel, them back over the basin and up the backside of Turtlehead, then took the Turtlehead trail and branched off to Redcap, looped on Redcap, then came down a different canyon, back to Calico. Great group.

GPS trace on 24k topo.	Turtlehead, as seen from 1^st pass.	Mike and Jacquie on 1^st big dryfall.
Barb comes up Graycap; LaMadre and El Padre at back.	View W from Graycap, from Potosi at far L to Turtlehead at R.	Bridge to W.
		Our next goal, Damsel.
	The tinaja on the N side of Graycap is partly frozen.	Petroglyphs.
		A mine prospect on way up Damsel.
The mini-arch.
On ridge of Damsel; LaMadre in back.
	E from below main peak.
Damsel summit.	E over lower peak.
		Descent, view E.
Next goal, Turtlehead.	On top of Turtlehead.	SE from Turtlehead over Calico Basin.
Disgusted with the Thead trail, we head down the wash.		Now we head up Redcap (Turtlehead Jr.)
		View W across the Redcap tinaja, White Rock Hills in back.
Damsel in distance, from summit Redcap.	Vegas from Redcap.
	Mike heads down the tricky but fast “White Gully”.
		East down final descent canyon.
	The boulder tunnel.