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Looking back toward my Pinto Valley campsite, I see a whole hillside that escaped the 2005 brush fires

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5893-cliff-canyon-peaks.jpg I reach Cliff Canyon Spring Peak #1 and take in the views from just under 6500 feetThumbnailsI pass by a few junipers and see that I'm descending into an unusually green-looking little upland valleyI reach Cliff Canyon Spring Peak #1 and take in the views from just under 6500 feetThumbnailsI pass by a few junipers and see that I'm descending into an unusually green-looking little upland valleyI reach Cliff Canyon Spring Peak #1 and take in the views from just under 6500 feetThumbnailsI pass by a few junipers and see that I'm descending into an unusually green-looking little upland valleyI reach Cliff Canyon Spring Peak #1 and take in the views from just under 6500 feetThumbnailsI pass by a few junipers and see that I'm descending into an unusually green-looking little upland valleyI reach Cliff Canyon Spring Peak #1 and take in the views from just under 6500 feetThumbnailsI pass by a few junipers and see that I'm descending into an unusually green-looking little upland valley

Presumably, the hill protected the trees and allowed the wind to blow the flames right over them.