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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2010, Mojave National Preserve / Day 4: Pinto Mountain day hike, Mojave National Preserve /

I look over to Purdy Peak, the highest point in the Pinto Mountain formation

4239-pinto-mountain.jpg It's a steep drop down the front of Pinto Mountain to Round ValleyThumbnailsA glance  to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpmentIt's a steep drop down the front of Pinto Mountain to Round ValleyThumbnailsA glance  to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpmentIt's a steep drop down the front of Pinto Mountain to Round ValleyThumbnailsA glance  to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpmentIt's a steep drop down the front of Pinto Mountain to Round ValleyThumbnailsA glance  to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpmentIt's a steep drop down the front of Pinto Mountain to Round ValleyThumbnailsA glance  to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpment

I probably won't climb Purdy Peak, but I will mosey on over in that direction shortly as I explore more of the mesa here.