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36.88680°N / 111.5918°W |
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Coconino |
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5148 ft / 1569 m |
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Point 5148 is an otherwise unnamed point that, in my judgement, has the best overall view of the Lees Ferry area: the meeting of Glen Canyon (Colorado River) and Paria River Canyon. The main ascent is by rough unmaintained trail (the Spencer Trail), and the rest of the route is easy to moderate hiking & scrambling on surfaces ranging from loose sand to finrock to bedrock. Total round-trip distance from Spencer trailhead (estimated from map) is slightly over 6 miles (about 10 km).
telecom site.1Head toward that facility - if you don't want to check it out, skirt it to the north.I found no way to the top of 5148 without a steep friction scramble - almost crawling up the smooth sandstone. The top affords a 360 degree panorama that will take some time to soak in.Return the way you came. An alternative is to continue NW along the rim of the Paria River Canyon, and descend to the Paria River by way of Dominguez Pass. This historic route was used by the Dominguez-Velez de Escalante expedition on November 2, 1776. It looks like a long difficult journey involving travel over sand dunes and involving a crossing of the Paria River to get back to Lees Ferry. I've not done it, but it looks like a 2 day affair.