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Horse Peak tree with Sisters Ridge in Distance |
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Onyx Peak and Horse Canyon from Horse Peak |
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Horse Canyon Road |
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Starting up Horse Canyon Road |
Horse Peak is a diminutive peak without much prominence. That said, it rises to a rounded point of 8950' in elevation at the top of Horse Canyon. Horse Canyon Road turns off of Macks Canyon Road about 0.6 mile from the Lee Canyon Road junction. It is a high clearance dirt road with primitive campsites along the route. There is a small spring bubbling out of the ground about 0.7 mile up Horse Canyon Road from Macks Canyon Road. When the road peters out, there is a trail for a short way. A large tree root marks the spot where we turned up to the left to climb a steep hill to the rim ridge above. Nearing the top, there is one or two trails that cross your path. Turn right on one of them and it takes you to a saddle on the rim ridge.
Stats: 5 miles; 1600' gain; 4.25 hours
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