![Muffin Trail](p-m/SX280_01690a.jpg)
Lots of trails - take either one here |
![Muffin Trail](p-m/SX280_01691a.jpg)
Lots of trails - stay right |
![Muffin Trail](p-m/SX280_01692a.jpg) |
![Muffin Trail](p-m/SX280_01693a.jpg) |
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Trail on desert flats with Joshua Trees and bunchgrass (view NE) |
![Muffin Trail](p-m/SX280_01694a.jpg)
Multiple trailing |
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Trail starting up towards deep canyon (view SE) |
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Hitching posts (view SE) |
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Muffin Trail crosses this wash, then stays right (view SE) |
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Starting up steep hillside (view SE) |
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First switchback heading up steep hillside (view NE) |
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Third switchback heading up steep hillside (view NE) |
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Fifth switchback heading up steep hillside (view NE) |
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Seventh switchback heading up steep hillside (view NE) |
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Past 7th switchback heading up steep hillside (view NE) |
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Trail junction; stay left (straight; view SE) |
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Ninth (last) switchback heading up steep hillside (view NE) |
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Trail winds steeply up the rocky hillside (view NE) |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes (view N) |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes (view N) |
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Nice example of ocean-bottom sponge fossils |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes above cliffs (view NE) |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes above cliffs (view E) |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes (view E) |
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Trail angles right into side canyon (view N) |
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Trail climbs somewhat steeply into side canyon (view E) |
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Trail climbs somewhat steeply into side canyon (view E) |
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Nice ocean-bottom fossils; perhaps algal mat |
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Trail climbs aggressively out of the side canyon (view N) |
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Trail climbs aggressively (view N) |
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Nice spherical sponge with internal structure |
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Nice spherical sponge with internal structure |
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Looking back down across side canyon to Red Rock cliffs (view W) |
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Approaching another set of switchbacks (view N) |
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Turning another switchback (view SE) |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes (view N) |
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Hikers on trail traversing gentle slopes (view N) |
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Trail traverses gentle slopes, then turns up ridgeline (view N) |
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Hiker at the main Muffin Rock (view E) |
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Lunch with the Muffins (view S) |
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Triassic-age Timpoweap conglomerate rock |
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Triassic-age Timpoweap conglomerate rock |
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Looking back, hikers departing the Muffins (view NW) |
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Faint trail continues up the ridge (view SE) |
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Looking back, faint trail continues up the ridge (view NW) |
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Faint trail continues up the ridge (view SE) |
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Looking back, faint trail continues up the ridge (view NW) |
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A now well used trail drops into a low point on the ridge (view SW) |
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Hikers at trail junction: end of Muffin Trail (view NE) |
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Consider returning via the rocky canyon (view NW) |