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

A glance to the west shows how the slope up the back of Pinto Mountain ends abruptly at the steep escarpment

4244-pinto-mountain.jpg I look over to Purdy Peak, the highest point in the Pinto Mountain formationThumbnailsOrange desert mallow blooms splash some colour on the view toward Mid Hills campground and Eagle Rocks, Mojave National PreserveI look over to Purdy Peak, the highest point in the Pinto Mountain formationThumbnailsOrange desert mallow blooms splash some colour on the view toward Mid Hills campground and Eagle Rocks, Mojave National PreserveI look over to Purdy Peak, the highest point in the Pinto Mountain formationThumbnailsOrange desert mallow blooms splash some colour on the view toward Mid Hills campground and Eagle Rocks, Mojave National PreserveI look over to Purdy Peak, the highest point in the Pinto Mountain formationThumbnailsOrange desert mallow blooms splash some colour on the view toward Mid Hills campground and Eagle Rocks, Mojave National PreserveI look over to Purdy Peak, the highest point in the Pinto Mountain formationThumbnailsOrange desert mallow blooms splash some colour on the view toward Mid Hills campground and Eagle Rocks, Mojave National Preserve

I'll walk over there shortly; I'm walking in the opposite direction right now.