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I'll keep hiking up to the top of the semi-barren slope, and then I should be at the top of Pinto Mountain

4198-pinto-mountain.jpg Also still blooming on the north side of Pinto Mountain are a few tufts of phloxThumbnailsAt the crest of Pinto Mountain, the southward views of Round Valley are excellent, as one would expectAlso still blooming on the north side of Pinto Mountain are a few tufts of phloxThumbnailsAt the crest of Pinto Mountain, the southward views of Round Valley are excellent, as one would expectAlso still blooming on the north side of Pinto Mountain are a few tufts of phloxThumbnailsAt the crest of Pinto Mountain, the southward views of Round Valley are excellent, as one would expectAlso still blooming on the north side of Pinto Mountain are a few tufts of phloxThumbnailsAt the crest of Pinto Mountain, the southward views of Round Valley are excellent, as one would expectAlso still blooming on the north side of Pinto Mountain are a few tufts of phloxThumbnailsAt the crest of Pinto Mountain, the southward views of Round Valley are excellent, as one would expect

The slope here up the back (north) side of Pinto Mountain doesn't resemble the steep escarpment of its front side at all.