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Atop the blackbrush hill, I check out the upward route ahead to the McCullough Mountains ridgeline

1791-mccullough-mountains.jpg Cacti and a few blue phacelia flowers enjoy the shade under this pinyon pine in the McCullough MountainsThumbnailsAt the top of the blackbrush hill, I turn around for a moment to enjoy the views back down into Piute ValleyCacti and a few blue phacelia flowers enjoy the shade under this pinyon pine in the McCullough MountainsThumbnailsAt the top of the blackbrush hill, I turn around for a moment to enjoy the views back down into Piute ValleyCacti and a few blue phacelia flowers enjoy the shade under this pinyon pine in the McCullough MountainsThumbnailsAt the top of the blackbrush hill, I turn around for a moment to enjoy the views back down into Piute ValleyCacti and a few blue phacelia flowers enjoy the shade under this pinyon pine in the McCullough MountainsThumbnailsAt the top of the blackbrush hill, I turn around for a moment to enjoy the views back down into Piute ValleyCacti and a few blue phacelia flowers enjoy the shade under this pinyon pine in the McCullough MountainsThumbnailsAt the top of the blackbrush hill, I turn around for a moment to enjoy the views back down into Piute Valley

The steep parts of some of the hills sometimes hides the less-steep stretches further ahead.