Cyclops Rock - 1.13.2022
Turn off of Park Boulevard onto the road that leads out to Barker Dam... but only drive a tenth of a mile on the road and park in a paved pullout... east of the Hidden Valley Campground... aceman and Denali Girl are ready to climb up Cyclops Rock... but from the other side of the rock.
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This photo was taken last year... and shows the route that will get us up to the top.
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After hiking a quarter mile from the car to the east side of Cyclops Rock, we are ready to leave the desert floor and start scrambling our way up the rock.
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Scrambling up the east side of Cyclops Rock.
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Scrambling up the east side of Cyclops Rock.
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Scrambling up the east side of Cyclops Rock.
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Scrambling up the east side of Cyclops Rock.
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Scrambling up the east side of Cyclops Rock.
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After scrambling a tenth of a mile from the desert floor we have reached the eye of the cyclops... with the summit just above us.
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Looking through the eye of the cyclops out to the Hidden Valley Campground... that is our white subaru down there parked next to the road.
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Scrambling around the corner north of the Cyclops eye to get up to the summit.
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aceman is on the summit (4301') of Cyclops Rock.
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Denali Girl and aceman on the Cyclops summit... with the southern boundary of the 'Wonderland of Rocks' and Queen Mountain behind them.
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A selfie from the summit of Cyclops Rock.
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aceman starts tracing our steps back down to the desert floor.
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Getting back around the corner that led us up to the summit... probably the crux move of the scramble.
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I call this guy the 'Cirque du Soleil Man'... and my recommendation is to not try this at home!
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Tracing our steps back down to the desert floor.
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Tracing our steps back down to the desert floor.
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Almost down to the desert floor... we will return to the car by looping around the north end of Cyclops Rock... making the total hike/scramble .9 miles, gaining 112 feet of elevation.
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