Inspiration Peak - 4.2.2015
Inspiration Peak is located in the Little San Bernardino Mountains in Joshua Tree National Park.
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A photo of our GPS track to Inspiration Peak... 2 miles roundtrip, gaining 701 feet of elevation.
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The start of this hike is at the end of Keys View Road. There is no official trailhead... find the path at the north end of the parking lot.
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While 99.9 percent of visitors settle for the eighth-of-a-mile walk on concrete to the view area, the path to Inspiration Peak quickly starts gaining elevation to a better view.
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Beavertail cactus.
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Denali Girl gaining elevation on the way to Inspiration Peak... at the time, we thought the pyramid on the left might be the summit... but the summit was beyond the pyramid.
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Looking beyond Coachella Valley to the Santa Rosa Mountains and the San Jacinto Mountains.
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Still ascending... and looking back on the Keys View parking area.
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Still ascending.
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Almost to what we thought was the summit.
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We have reached the false summit (5558')... and now can see the true summit.
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Denali Girl is almost on the summit.
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Denali Girl relaxes on the Inspiration Peak summit (5560+)... Lost Horse Mountain on the right... with Ryan Mountain to the left of Denali Girl.
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From the summit of Inspiration Peak we are looking across Lost Horse Valley to Ryan Mountain.
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From the summit of Inspiration Peak we are looking across Lost Horse Valley to Lost Horse Mountain.
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