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I cross the juniper-studded drainage that is Beecher Canyon's "headwaters" and begin the climb up to Wild Horse Mesa

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02536-barber-canyon-drainag.jpg Last chance to spontaneously change my route and walk straight ahead down Beecher Canyon...ThumbnailsIt's only a quarter mile up to the Wild Horse Mesa plateau, but it's a steep 300 feet elevation gainLast chance to spontaneously change my route and walk straight ahead down Beecher Canyon...ThumbnailsIt's only a quarter mile up to the Wild Horse Mesa plateau, but it's a steep 300 feet elevation gainLast chance to spontaneously change my route and walk straight ahead down Beecher Canyon...ThumbnailsIt's only a quarter mile up to the Wild Horse Mesa plateau, but it's a steep 300 feet elevation gainLast chance to spontaneously change my route and walk straight ahead down Beecher Canyon...ThumbnailsIt's only a quarter mile up to the Wild Horse Mesa plateau, but it's a steep 300 feet elevation gainLast chance to spontaneously change my route and walk straight ahead down Beecher Canyon...ThumbnailsIt's only a quarter mile up to the Wild Horse Mesa plateau, but it's a steep 300 feet elevation gain

I'll leave the descent into Beecher Canyon for a future trip... I'm at about 5000 feet right here, some 485 feet below the peak behind Bluejay Mine that I just traversed.