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The power-line road heads straight up a really steep grade ahead, but a detour to the left offers an easier way over the hill

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07849-powerline-road.jpg A GPS check tells me that I can turn left anywhere here and start hiking up the fan to the mouth of Bull CanyonThumbnailsThe short, sandy hill on the power-line road is really steep, rising at about 15% grade, with poor tractionA GPS check tells me that I can turn left anywhere here and start hiking up the fan to the mouth of Bull CanyonThumbnailsThe short, sandy hill on the power-line road is really steep, rising at about 15% grade, with poor tractionA GPS check tells me that I can turn left anywhere here and start hiking up the fan to the mouth of Bull CanyonThumbnailsThe short, sandy hill on the power-line road is really steep, rising at about 15% grade, with poor tractionA GPS check tells me that I can turn left anywhere here and start hiking up the fan to the mouth of Bull CanyonThumbnailsThe short, sandy hill on the power-line road is really steep, rising at about 15% grade, with poor tractionA GPS check tells me that I can turn left anywhere here and start hiking up the fan to the mouth of Bull CanyonThumbnailsThe short, sandy hill on the power-line road is really steep, rising at about 15% grade, with poor traction

Since I'm hiking, I'll take the shorter, steeper route. The power-line roads out here are notorious for their steep ups and downs as they trace straight lines across the desert, ignoring the topography.