{"id":7492,"date":"2022-11-23T22:59:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=7492"},"modified":"2023-10-07T01:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:20:20","slug":"20221123big-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123big-bend\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 of 2022 Big Bend National Park Trip, South Rim of Chisos Mountains and Emory Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth day of my 2022 Thanksgiving trip to Big Bend National Park. I planned an epic hike for the day, covering both Chisos South Rim and Emory Peak.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4491.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4491.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n    var secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n   \t fixedWidth:100,height:133,gap:9,\n   \t focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n   \t cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n   \t breakpoints 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According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alltrails.com\/explore\/trail\/us\/texas\/emory-peak-northeast-rim-south-rim-loop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AllTrails<\/a>, this is a 26.6km loop trail with 1100m elevation gain <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(AllTrails shows 28km roundtrip, but it&#8217;s slightly shorter starting from Chisos Basin Visitor Center)<\/span>, covering both south and east rim of Chisos Mountains, together with Emory Peak, the highest peak in Big Bend National Park.<br \/>\nI decided to take the loop in the counterclockwise direction, trying to have sceneries (Lost Mine Mountains from East Rim, fields around Santa Elena Canyon from Laguna Meadow and South Rim) in the light as much as possible. It turned out to be a great choice, as I reached Emory Peak towards the end of the day when the Lost Mine Mountains to the east were a much more spectacular sight than the few nameless ones to the west, towards the sun. It would be the other way around if I took the clockwise direction and reached it in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>I broke down the trail into the different sections in the following photo.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/Route_Map.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/Route_Map.jpg\" width=\"80%\" alt=\"Route Map\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;line-height: 110%\">\n<li>From trailhead to Laguna Meadow (red), constant elevation gain.<\/li>\n<li>From Laguna Meadow to South Rim (purple), mostly flat, one viewpoint (orange circle) near campsite &#8220;South Rim 2&#8221; with views of Boot Canyon.<\/li>\n<li>My detour exploring around the first viewpoint at South Rim (brown), the end of which offered nice views of fields to the west, including Santa Elena Canyon.<\/li>\n<li>Trail along south rim (orange), with multiple overlooks along the way.<\/li>\n<li>A short section of trail along east rim (plum), the start and end (red circles) are probably the best views except from Emory Peak.<\/li>\n<li>East rim down to Boot Canyon (lime), no overlooks.<\/li>\n<li>Boot Canyon to Pinnacle Pass (aqua and yellow), passing Boot Cabin (green circle).<\/li>\n<li>The spur to the summit of Emory Peak (blue), from Pinnacle Pass (black circle).<\/li>\n<li>Pinnacle Pass back down to trailhead (green), passing Boulder Meadow (blue circle) with views of some rock formations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a short drive to the visitor center at Chisos Basin and some warmup, I started my hike at 8:20am.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=136806091&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=136806091&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Between_Trailhead_and_Laguna_Meadow\">Between Trailhead and Laguna Meadow<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The first approximate 5km of the trail followed a valley between Emory Peak and Ward Mountain, reaching what felt to me like a mountain pass at the edge of Laguna Meadow. This section featured constant elevation gain, and many switchbacks. It&#8217;s still early in the day as the sun was behind the soaring Chisos Mountains. Apart from the physical workout, it felt like a chill morning stroll.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_082311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_082311.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_082935.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_082935.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_083339.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_083339.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_083849.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_083849.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4310.jpg\" width=\"96.5%\" alt=\"Trail Switchback\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4314.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4314.jpg\" width=\"96.5%\" alt=\"Trail Switchback\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail Switchback<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Many of the trail switchbacks were good places to rest and appreciate the views.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085230.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085859.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085859.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090356.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090450.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090450.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090758.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_082311.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_082935.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_083339.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_083849.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4310.jpg\" alt=\"Trail Switchback\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_085230.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_085859.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_090356.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_090450.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_090758.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_082311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_082311.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_082935.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_082935.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_083339.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_083339.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_083849.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_083849.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4310.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4310.jpg\" alt=\"Trail Switchback\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4314.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4314.jpg\" alt=\"Trail Switchback\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail Switchback<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Many of the trail switchbacks were good places to rest and appreciate the views.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085230.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085230.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085859.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085859.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090356.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090450.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090450.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090758.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Before I headed deep into the canyon, the trail gave a preview of the few mountains that I would grow very familiar with throughout the day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_084134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_084134.jpg\" width=\"84%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Toll Mountain and Emory Peak, with a tiny bit of Casa Grande Peak in the left. It&#8217;s a bit hard to get three major mountains into one shot.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4306.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4306.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4307.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4307.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4309.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Emory Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090101.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Trail towards Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail towards Emory Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_082808.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_082808.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"The Window\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Window<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where I was the previous morning.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_084134.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4306.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4307.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4309.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_090101.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_082808.jpg\" alt=\"The Window\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the mountains.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_084134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_084134.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Toll Mountain and Emory Peak, with a tiny bit of Casa Grande Peak in the left. It&#8217;s a bit hard to get three major mountains into one shot.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4306.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4306.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4307.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4307.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4309.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Emory Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_090101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_090101.jpg\" alt=\"Trail towards Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail towards Emory Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_082808.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_082808.jpg\" alt=\"The Window\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Window<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where I was the previous morning.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091413.jpg\" width=\"95.5%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small portion of the trail was on blackish fine gravel, I guessed that\u2019s some volcanic deposit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091753.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Looking back at Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4311.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Looking back at Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking back at Trail<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Looking back the pervious section of blackish trail, for what seemed like volcanic deposit that spanned some distance.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091649.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_092530.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_092530.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_093453.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_093453.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_093736.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_093736.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_094018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_094018.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_094402.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_094402.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_095000.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_095000.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_091413.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_091753.jpg\" alt=\"Looking back at Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_091649.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_092530.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_093453.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_093736.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_094018.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_094402.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_095000.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091413.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small portion of the trail was on blackish fine gravel, I guessed that\u2019s some volcanic deposit.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091753.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091753.jpg\" alt=\"Looking back at Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4311.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4311.jpg\" alt=\"Looking back at Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking back at Trail<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Looking back the pervious section of blackish trail, for what seemed like volcanic deposit that spanned some distance.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091649.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_092530.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_092530.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_093453.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_093453.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_093736.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_093736.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_094018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_094018.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_094402.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_094402.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_095000.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_095000.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here were some final glimpses of Vernon Bailey Peak before I reached Laguna Meadow. Laguna Meadow is a part of Chisos Mountains that isn&#8217;t visible from the basin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085431.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085431.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones that I was rather familiar with from previous day\u2019s hike to The Window.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4313.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4313.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones that I was rather familiar with from previous day\u2019s hike to The Window.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4312.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Vernon Bailey Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It would be later today at Pinnacles Pass that I next saw it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085234.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085234.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Eastern Slope of Ward Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Eastern Slope of Ward Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091449C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091449C9.jpg\" alt=\"Spider\" \/><\/a><\/br>Spider<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Spotted by some fellow hikers, my only encounter with animals today.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_085431.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4313.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4312.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_085234.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Slope of Ward Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_091449C9.jpg\" alt=\"Spider\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085431.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085431.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones that I was rather familiar with from previous day\u2019s hike to The Window.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4313.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4313.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ones that I was rather familiar with from previous day\u2019s hike to The Window.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4312.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Vernon Bailey Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It would be later today at Pinnacles Pass that I next saw it.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_085234.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_085234.jpg\" alt=\"Eastern Slope of Ward Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Eastern Slope of Ward Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_091449C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_091449C9.jpg\" alt=\"Spider\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Spider<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Spotted by some fellow hikers, my only encounter with animals today.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Laguna_Meadow_to_South_Rim\">Laguna Meadow to South Rim<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, I reached Laguna Meadow at 10am, where the surrounding landscape opened up and the elevation gain eased. There was occasional bright sunshine since I left the valley behind.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_095910.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_095910.jpg\" alt=\"Laguna Meadow\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Laguna Meadow<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Onto Laguna Meadow, where the unrelenting elevation gain abated, giving way to some relaxing stroll in the sun.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_103223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_103223.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104120.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_104120.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Emory Peak was tangibly close in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>At a notable switchback of the trail, I got a preview of the towering cliffs that made up Chisos&#8217; rims (slideshow below), where I was heading towards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_101544.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_101544.jpg\" width=\"95.5%\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4317.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cliff<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sort of like the northwest rim.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4316.jpg\" alt=\"West Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>West Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An unofficial name since it\u2019s west of the first view point along the south rim.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_101544.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4317.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4316.jpg\" alt=\"West Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_101544.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_101544.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4317.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4317.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cliff<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sort of like the northwest rim.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4316.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4316.jpg\" alt=\"West Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>West Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An unofficial name since it\u2019s west of the first view point along the south rim.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After that, the trail passed through a burned hillside, with the tip of Emory Peak popping up behind the hill in the foreground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_105008.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_105008.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Tip of Emory Peak beyond Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tip of Emory Peak beyond Scorched Fields<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4318.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Emory Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The weather station and solar panels were visible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104751.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_104751.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scorched Fields<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_104900.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scorched Fields<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4327.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4327.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The scorched fields continued after the trail turned to the other side of the hill, but there were more signs of life here.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4338.jpg\" width=\"96%\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">15 minutes later, as I approached the first view point along the south rim, the trail passed another patch of scorched land.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_105008.jpg\" alt=\"Tip of Emory Peak beyond Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4318.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_104751.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_104900.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4327.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_105008.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_105008.jpg\" alt=\"Tip of Emory Peak beyond Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tip of Emory Peak beyond Scorched Fields<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4318.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4318.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Emory Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The weather station and solar panels were visible.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104751.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_104751.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scorched Fields<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_104900.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scorched Fields<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4327.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4327.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The scorched fields continued after the trail turned to the other side of the hill, but there were more signs of life here.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">15 minutes later, as I approached the first view point along the south rim, the trail passed another patch of scorched land.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then it reached Boot Canyon, but at some distance above it so I got the views of Lost Mine Peak in between its hillsides. It just felt that I never lost sight of rocks that were interestingly shaped. Later today I would be hiking in Boot Canyon on my way back, and I identified some of the trails that I was to take.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4322.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4322.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4320.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4320.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4321.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4326.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4326.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">A creek originated upstream near the south rim, that wound through the mountains and formed Boot Canyon.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4328.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4322.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4320.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4321.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4326.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4328.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos above Boot Canyon.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4322.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4322.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4320.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4320.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4321.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lost Mine Peak beyond Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4326.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4326.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">A creek originated upstream near the south rim, that wound through the mountains and formed Boot Canyon.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4328.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4328.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Then the trail continued, onto what felt like the &#8220;west rim&#8221; of Chisos, with views of distant fields to the west occasionally popping up between vegetation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_104159.jpg\" width=\"86%\" alt=\"Fields to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the West<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The southern end of Laguna Meadow where Blue Creek Trail followed the canyon to Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4335.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4335.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Fields to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the West<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Continuing on, magnificent sights of hills along Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive and distant canyons popped into view.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4336.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Santa Elena Canyon, and mountains in Mexico.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_104159.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4335.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4336.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_104159.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_104159.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the West<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The southern end of Laguna Meadow where Blue Creek Trail followed the canyon to Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4335.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4335.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the West<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Continuing on, magnificent sights of hills along Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive and distant canyons popped into view.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4336.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4336.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Santa Elena Canyon, and mountains in Mexico.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a slideshow of the typical trail conditions in this section.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_100703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_100703.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through Laguna Meadow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_103018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_103018.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some elevation gain, not very intense.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_103549.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_103549.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some elevation gain, not very intense.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_110116.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_110116.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through some burn area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4330.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through some burn area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_111432.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_111432.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Occasional spectacular views would break free from the vegetation along the trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_111726.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_111726.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Nearing South Rim.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_100703.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_103018.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_103549.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_110116.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4330.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_111432.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_111726.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_100703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_100703.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through Laguna Meadow.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_103018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_103018.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some elevation gain, not very intense.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_103549.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_103549.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some elevation gain, not very intense.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_110116.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_110116.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through some burn area.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4330.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through some burn area.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_111432.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_111432.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Occasional spectacular views would break free from the vegetation along the trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_111726.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_111726.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Nearing South Rim.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"First_Overlook_at_South_Rim\">First Overlook at South Rim<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Finally, at 11:20am, I reached the first overlook along Chisos&#8217;s South Rim, called &#8220;South Rim Viewpoint&#8221; on OpenStreetMaps.<br \/>\nThe viewpoint had some sort of &#8220;rim&#8221; view to the east, but nowhere as extensive as the South Rim for the next part of my hike. Nonetheless, it offered great views of numerous smaller hills to the south, albeit against the sun. I ran into another group of hikers that were taking snack breaks at the site. Since it offered the day&#8217;s first views of land farther south beyond Chisos Basin, we were nonetheless all excited.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_113308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_113308.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"View from South Rim Overlook\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from South Rim Overlook<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4343.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4343.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_113313.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_113313.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"South Rim and Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim and Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4366.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4366.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff of South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cliff of South Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4345C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4345C10.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Ears\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mule Ears<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4368.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4368.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Cliff\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cliff<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Farther west from the viewpoint.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_113308.jpg\" alt=\"View from South Rim Overlook\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4343.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_113313.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4366.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff of South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4345C10.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Ears\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4368.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from South Rim Viewpoint.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_113308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_113308.jpg\" alt=\"View from South Rim Overlook\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from South Rim Overlook<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4343.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4343.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_113313.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_113313.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim and Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4366.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4366.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff of South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cliff of South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4345C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4345C10.jpg\" alt=\"Mule Ears\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mule Ears<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4368.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4368.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cliff<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Farther west from the viewpoint.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The viewpoint only offered views to the south, but since vegetation was sparse and there were more rocks than soil on the ground, I found a path (that existed on OpenStreetMaps) leading west for about 300m following the cliff, at the end of which the cliff was facing west, with views of familiar places that I visited two days ago (like the iconic Santa Elena Canyon, of which I got a preview of earlier along the trail). Since it&#8217;s west of the &#8220;South Rim Viewpoint&#8221;, I called that spot (and the cliffs around it) southwest rim, with some of the views in photos below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4347.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4347.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4346.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4346.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Cliff of Southwest Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Cliff of Southwest Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looks like one could head farther west, but it seemed far and I didn\u2019t bother with that.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4363.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This was a major mountain that I picked up two days ago at Sotol Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4348C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4348C10.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Santa Elena Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Santa Elena Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4362.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Fields to the Northwest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the Northwest<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the center, Rattlesnake Mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4364.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Emory Peak to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Emory Peak to the North<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Looking spectacular under the mid-morning sun. Portions of the trail that I took can be faintly seen in the right.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4369.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Lots of space between vegetation, hard to identify an established trail. I took a detour among these fields to reach a viewpoint farther west.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4347.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4346.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff of Southwest Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4363.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4348C10.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Santa Elena Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4362.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Northwest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4364.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4369.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of from southwest rim.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4347.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4347.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4346.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4346.jpg\" alt=\"Cliff of Southwest Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Cliff of Southwest Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looks like one could head farther west, but it seemed far and I didn\u2019t bother with that.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4363.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4363.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This was a major mountain that I picked up two days ago at Sotol Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4348C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4348C10.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Santa Elena Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Santa Elena Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4362.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Northwest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the Northwest<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the center, Rattlesnake Mountains.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4364.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Emory Peak to the North<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Looking spectacular under the mid-morning sun. Portions of the trail that I took can be faintly seen in the right.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4369.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Lots of space between vegetation, hard to identify an established trail. I took a detour among these fields to reach a viewpoint farther west.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4349_DSC_4360-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4349_DSC_4360-12.jpg\" alt=\"View from Southwest Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Southwest Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since the trail leading up to the &#8220;South Rim Viewpoint&#8221; was largely flat, I wasn&#8217;t too tired nor hungry, so I only spent about 20 minutes between posing for photos and grabbing some snacks and rest at the viewpoint before continuing on.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"South_Rim_to_East_Rim\">South Rim to East Rim<\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4370.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4370.jpg\" alt=\"First South Rim View Point\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>First South Rim View Point<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">After I left the viewpoint, I got an opportunity to look back and appreciate its steep cliffs. The viewpoint was roughly where the group of people in the right were standing. I took a small detour to the western cliff, roughly in the upper-left corner of this photo.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next 2.5km of trail follows the South Rim of Chisos Mountains. It&#8217;s largely a comfortable stroll through open fields, and at times, scorched forests. It&#8217;s one of the most scenic sections of trail for the day, with vistas popping up from time to time for me to rest my legs against the breadth of open fields with gentle rolling hills to the south. Despite the trail never came with any exposure, from some of the overlooks, one could still appreciate the majesty of the cliffs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4373.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Distant Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim and Distant Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at the cliffs of my previous detour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4391.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4391.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the upper-center of this photo, the south rim had what looked like an arch structure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4392.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4392.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking east, where I was heading.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4409.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4409.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near its eastern end, where the cliffs transitioned into slopes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4411.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking west, where I came from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4412.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim and Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The last glimpses of South Rim for the day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4373.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Distant Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4391.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4392.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4409.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4411.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4412.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4373.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Distant Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim and Distant Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at the cliffs of my previous detour.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4391.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4391.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the upper-center of this photo, the south rim had what looked like an arch structure.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4392.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4392.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking east, where I was heading.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4409.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4409.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near its eastern end, where the cliffs transitioned into slopes.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4411.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking west, where I came from.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4412.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4412.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim and Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim and Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The last glimpses of South Rim for the day.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120309.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120417.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4389.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4389.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon and Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon and Emory Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trail that I took earlier was clearly visible on the hillside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4394C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4394C10.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Tree in Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tree in Field<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Its branches seemed to be covered in what looked like red wax.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121112.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121112.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For a considerable duration it&#8217;s never far from the cliff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121231.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small valley between the two hillsides that stopped the fire from extending further left.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121411.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_120309.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_120417.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4389.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon and Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4394C10.jpg\" alt=\"Tree in Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_121112.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_121231.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_121411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120309.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120309.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120417.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120417.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4389.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4389.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon and Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Canyon and Emory Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The trail that I took earlier was clearly visible on the hillside.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4394C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4394C10.jpg\" alt=\"Tree in Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tree in Field<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Its branches seemed to be covered in what looked like red wax.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121112.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121112.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For a considerable duration it&#8217;s never far from the cliff.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121231.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A small valley between the two hillsides that stopped the fire from extending further left.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121411.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4374_DSC_4387-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4374_DSC_4387-14.jpg\" alt=\"View from South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4395_DSC_4406-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4395_DSC_4406-12.jpg\" alt=\"View from South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>View from South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From some overlooks along the way.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that during certain times of the year, the section of south\/east rim trail beyond the junction of Boot Canyon Trail was closed to provide habitat for hatching vultures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_114858.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_114858.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Mountains beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains beyond South Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4372.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4372.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4393.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4393.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields beyond South Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120838.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120838.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields beyond South Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120841.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120841.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields beyond South Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_122338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_122338.jpg\" width=\"83%\" alt=\"Mountains beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains beyond South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I liked how rivers were carving ribbons of green into the land.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_114858.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4372.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4393.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_120838.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_120841.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_122338.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_114858.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_114858.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains beyond South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4372.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4372.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4393.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4393.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields beyond South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120838.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120838.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields beyond South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_120841.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_120841.jpg\" alt=\"Fields beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields beyond South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_122338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_122338.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains beyond South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I liked how rivers were carving ribbons of green into the land.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"East_Rim_to_Boot_Canyon\">East Rim to Boot Canyon<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I reached the southeast corner of the entire loop at 12:45pm, which was an overlook with views of a ridgeline to the southeast. Together with another overlook 200m later, these were the two overlooks offering the best views of the day, apart from the summit of Emory Peak.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_124325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_124325.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Tip of East Rim and Fields beyond\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tip of East Rim and Fields beyond<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4413.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains across Juniper Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4414.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4430.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4430.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Chilicotal Mountain and Talley Mountain in the center before Sierra del Carmen in the background.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-15\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_124325.jpg\" alt=\"Tip of East Rim and Fields beyond\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4413.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4414.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4430.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-15, #splide-thumb-15 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from an overlook along the east rim.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_124325.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_124325.jpg\" alt=\"Tip of East Rim and Fields beyond\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tip of East Rim and Fields beyond<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4413.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4413.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains across Juniper Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4414.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4414.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4430.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4430.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to the Southeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to the Southeast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Chilicotal Mountain and Talley Mountain in the center before Sierra del Carmen in the background.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4415_DSC_4429-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4415_DSC_4429-15.jpg\" alt=\"View from Eastern Tip of South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Eastern Tip of South Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>200m later(about 3km from the first overlook along the south rim), near the spur leading to &#8220;East Rim 3&#8221; campsite, there&#8217;s an overlook with probably better views, of Lost Mine Peak in its entirety, and the southern face of Toll Mountain, gorgeously lit by the early afternoon sun. It&#8217;s likely the only view of Juniper Canyon of the day, overlooking its entire length.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4446.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A front row seat to appreciate the mountain ranges of Lost Mine Peak in their entirety.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4447.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4447.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_125204.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_125204.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Juniper Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4433.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4434.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4434.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains across Juniper Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An extension of Lost Mine Peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4435C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4435C9.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Mountains beyond Pinnacles Pass\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains beyond Pinnacles Pass<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Portions of Boot Canyon Trail (red) and Emory Peak Trail (blue) visible. Beyond Pinnacles Pass, tip of Vernon Bailey Peak, and Christmas Mountains beyond that.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-16\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4446.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4447.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_125204.jpg\" alt=\"Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4433.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4434.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4435C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond Pinnacles Pass\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-16, #splide-thumb-16 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the east rim.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4446.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4446.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A front row seat to appreciate the mountain ranges of Lost Mine Peak in their entirety.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4447.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4447.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_125204.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_125204.jpg\" alt=\"Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Juniper Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4433.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4434.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4434.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains across Juniper Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An extension of Lost Mine Peak.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4435C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4435C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond Pinnacles Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains beyond Pinnacles Pass<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Portions of Boot Canyon Trail (red) and Emory Peak Trail (blue) visible. Beyond Pinnacles Pass, tip of Vernon Bailey Peak, and Christmas Mountains beyond that.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pity that overlooks had been so prevalent along the south and east rim, that I only stayed for 3 minutes at this spot, not knowing it&#8217;s the last overlook along the Chisos rim.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4436_DSC_4445-10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4436_DSC_4445-10.jpg\" alt=\"View from East Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from East Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that, the trail passed to the south of &#8220;Townsend Point&#8221; on maps (didn&#8217;t go to the actual point, so there were no views), through a partially burned forest back to Boot Canyon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-17\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121717.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121717.jpg\" width=\"82%\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scorched Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Leaving South Rim behind.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_123634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_123634.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130244.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_130244.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_123851.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_123851.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_124226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_124226.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_125552.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_125552.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130122.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_130122.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-17\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_121717.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_123634.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_123851.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_124226.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_125552.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_130122.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-17, #splide-thumb-17 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_121717.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_121717.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scorched Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Leaving South Rim behind.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_123634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_123634.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130244.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_130244.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_123851.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_123851.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_124226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_124226.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_125552.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_125552.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130122.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_130122.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The trail between the last overlook of East Rim and Boot Canyon lasted about 1.7km. Emory Peak was a constant sight, but not as spectacular as Lost Mine Peak from the previous overlook. In addition, the trail was from time to time a bit overgrown. On the good side, the gentle downhill meant it didn&#8217;t take that much physical effort to cover. In addition, I identified parts of the trail I covered earlier on the opposite side of Boot Canyon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-18\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131829.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131829.jpg\" width=\"82%\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Emory Peak, Toll Mountain, and the forests in Boot Canyon behind a scorched field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4449.jpg\" width=\"98%\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Emory Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131836.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131836.jpg\" width=\"87%\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130555.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_130555.jpg\" width=\"87%\" alt=\"Scorched Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scorched Field<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131715.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131715.jpg\" width=\"87%\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131535.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131535.jpg\" width=\"82%\" alt=\"Hillside\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hillside<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Obvious signs of burn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131711.jpg\" width=\"87%\" alt=\"Forests in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Forests in Boot Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_130801.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_131308.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-18\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_131829.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4449.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_131836.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_130555.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Field\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_131715.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_131535.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_131711.jpg\" alt=\"Forests in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_131308.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-18, #splide-thumb-18 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131829.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131829.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Emory Peak, Toll Mountain, and the forests in Boot Canyon behind a scorched field.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4449.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4449.jpg\" alt=\"Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Emory Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131836.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131836.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130555.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_130555.jpg\" alt=\"Scorched Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scorched Field<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131715.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131715.jpg\" alt=\"Trail through Scorched Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail through Scorched Fields<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131535.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131535.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hillside<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Obvious signs of burn.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131711.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_131711.jpg\" alt=\"Forests in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Forests in Boot Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_130801.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_130801.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_131308.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_131308.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Boot_Canyon_to_Pinnacle_Pass\">Boot Canyon to Pinnacle Pass<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At 1:25pm, I joined Boot Canyon Trail. The trail followed a (mostly dry) creek that originated from Chisos South Rim down into Juniper Canyon. Most of the trail was near the canyon floor, with puddles of water visible, reminiscent of The Window the previous day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-19\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_132525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_132525.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Upstream, mostly dried river bed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_132857.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_132857.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The few puddles and ponds were the only signs of a creek that flew through this canyon when wet, just like the previous day at The Window.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_132900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_132900.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The few puddles and ponds were the only signs of a creek that flew through this canyon when wet, just like the previous day at The Window.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133046.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_133046.jpg\" width=\"88%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A section of reinforced trail in Boot Canyon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133508.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133508.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133625.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I was sort of surprised to find foliage this late in the season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133932.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133932.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_134013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_134013.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I was sort of surprised to find foliage this late in the season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133051.jpg\" width=\"47.3%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133358.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133358.jpg\" width=\"47.3%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133904.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133904.jpg\" width=\"47.3%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_134041.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_134041.jpg\" width=\"47.3%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-19\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_132525.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_132857.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_132900.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_133046.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_133625.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_134013.jpg\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_133358.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-19, #splide-thumb-19 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_132525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_132525.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Upstream, mostly dried river bed.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_132857.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_132857.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The few puddles and ponds were the only signs of a creek that flew through this canyon when wet, just like the previous day at The Window.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_132900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_132900.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The few puddles and ponds were the only signs of a creek that flew through this canyon when wet, just like the previous day at The Window.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133046.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_133046.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A section of reinforced trail in Boot Canyon.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133508.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133508.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133625.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I was sort of surprised to find foliage this late in the season.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133932.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133932.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_134013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_134013.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail in Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail in Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I was sort of surprised to find foliage this late in the season.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133051.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133358.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133358.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_133904.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_133904.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_134041.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_134041.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boot Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Deep in Boot Canyon, I was delightfully shocked to find autumn colors this late in the season.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_134208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_134208.jpg\" alt=\"Boot Cabin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boot Cabin<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">There\u2019s a picnic table (in the right of this photo) where I took some snacks and rest. The cabin was used by park rangers for lodging and storage, but was now in poor condition and pending replacement.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Surrounded by deep forests, Boot Cabin was approximately the lowest elevation point between East Rim and Pinnacles Pass. I left Boot Cabin at 1:50pm, making my way to Pinnacles Pass.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-20\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_135025.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"Empty Horse Sheds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Empty Horse Sheds<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the intersection of Boot Canyon Trail and Colima Trail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_135226.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_135345.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135559.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_135559.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"East Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>East Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where I descended from. The boundary of burn area was very obvious.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135807.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_135807.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Boulders\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4453C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4453C10.jpg\" width=\"47%\" alt=\"Boulders across Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_140834.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_140834.jpg\" width=\"47%\" alt=\"Boulders across Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders across Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To me, this felt like a poet, drinking from a cup.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_141158.jpg\" width=\"90%\" alt=\"Side of Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Side of Toll Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141424.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_141424.jpg\" width=\"47%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_141705.jpg\" width=\"47%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Onto Pinnacles Pass.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-20\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_135025.jpg\" alt=\"Empty Horse Sheds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_135226.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_135559.jpg\" alt=\"East Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_135807.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4453C10.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders across Boot Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_141158.jpg\" alt=\"Side of Toll Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_141424.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-20, #splide-thumb-20 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_135025.jpg\" alt=\"Empty Horse Sheds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Empty Horse Sheds<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the intersection of Boot Canyon Trail and Colima Trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_135226.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135345.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_135345.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135559.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_135559.jpg\" alt=\"East Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>East Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where I descended from. The boundary of burn area was very obvious.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_135807.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_135807.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4453C10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4453C10.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boulders across Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_140834.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_140834.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boulders across Boot Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders across Boot Canyon<\/br>Boulders across Boot Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To me, this felt like a poet, drinking from a cup.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_141158.jpg\" alt=\"Side of Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Side of Toll Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141424.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_141424.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_141705.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Onto Pinnacles Pass.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Spur_to_Emory_Peak\">Spur to Emory Peak<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I reached Pinnacles Pass at around 2:20pm, joining what later turned out to be the day&#8217;s last group of hikers heading towards Emory Peak. The spur towards Emory Peak was 2.3km one-way with about 240m elevation gain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-21\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_142438.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_142438.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_162239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_162239.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_161208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_161208.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_143858.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_143858.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_160619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_160619.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_144338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_144338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_145720.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_145720.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The final 100m where things started to get rocky.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-21\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_142438.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_162239.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_161208.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_143858.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_160619.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_144338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_145720.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-21, #splide-thumb-21 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail towards Emory Peak.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_142438.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_142438.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_162239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_162239.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_161208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_161208.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_143858.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_143858.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_160619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_160619.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_144338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_144338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_145720.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_145720.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The final 100m where things started to get rocky.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The trail towards Emory Peak was on a gentle incline with a few switchbacks, which seemed a bit unnecessary as I prefer a straighter and shorter path. If one can handle the rock scrambling at the end, then a slightly steeper trail shouldn&#8217;t post any problems.<\/p>\n<p>On a different note, the views along the trail were stellar, a well-earned reprieve from the constant elevation gain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-22\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141843.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_141843.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak and Ward Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Vernon Bailey Peak and Ward Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A glimpse of Chisos Basin at Pinnacles Pass, before I headed onto Emory Peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_161933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_161933.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to Southeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields to Southeast<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_144508.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_144508.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains across Juniper Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Part of Lost Mine Mountains, a very familiar sight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_143520.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_143520.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim of Chisos Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim of Chisos Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_161433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_161433.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_143258.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_143258.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_145112.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_145112.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_145658.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_145658.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-22\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_141843.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak and Ward Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_161933.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to Southeast\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_144508.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_143520.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim of Chisos Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_161433.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_143258.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_145112.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_145658.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-22, #splide-thumb-22 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_141843.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_141843.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak and Ward Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Vernon Bailey Peak and Ward Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A glimpse of Chisos Basin at Pinnacles Pass, before I headed onto Emory Peak.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_161933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_161933.jpg\" alt=\"Fields to Southeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields to Southeast<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_144508.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_144508.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains across Juniper Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Part of Lost Mine Mountains, a very familiar sight.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_143520.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_143520.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim of Chisos Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim of Chisos Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_161433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_161433.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_143258.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_143258.jpg\" alt=\"Toll Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Toll Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_145112.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_145112.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_145658.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_145658.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>To reach the summit of Emory Peak there were, in my opinion, two short sections of YDS class 3 scrambling (with some possible class 4 variations). In my opinion they were very manageable, with some photos below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-23\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150028C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150028C9.jpg\" width=\"74%\" alt=\"Path to Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Path to Emory Peak<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Navigating on some rocks, this part was only YDS class 2. At the foot of the wall in front, it\u2019s recommended to take a right turn towards north and follow the blue arrow.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_155114.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_155114.jpg\" width=\"71%\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The giant wall at the end of the previous photo. I would rate this between YDS class 3-4. It is possible to tackle this wall head-on as I did during my descent. However, a turn north and there\u2019s an easier path up and down.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150208.jpg\" width=\"74%\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">An easier path up and around the wall from the previous photo. The first of the two YDS class 3 section.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/IMG_20221123_154700.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/IMG_20221123_154700.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back down at the giant wall two photos ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150249.jpg\" width=\"74%\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The final scrambling section, rated as YDS class 3 with plenty of footholds and handholds. The solar screen on top of Emory Peak was partly visible.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-23\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_150028C9.jpg\" alt=\"Path to Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_155114.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_150208.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/IMG_20221123_154700.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_150249.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-23, #splide-thumb-23 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the scrambling section before Emory Peak summit.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150028C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150028C9.jpg\" alt=\"Path to Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path to Emory Peak<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Navigating on some rocks, this part was only YDS class 2. At the foot of the wall in front, it\u2019s recommended to take a right turn towards north and follow the blue arrow.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_155114.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_155114.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The giant wall at the end of the previous photo. I would rate this between YDS class 3-4. It is possible to tackle this wall head-on as I did during my descent. However, a turn north and there\u2019s an easier path up and down.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150208.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">An easier path up and around the wall from the previous photo. The first of the two YDS class 3 section.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/IMG_20221123_154700.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/IMG_20221123_154700.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back down at the giant wall two photos ago.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150249.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150249.jpg\" alt=\"Scrambling Section\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scrambling Section<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The final scrambling section, rated as YDS class 3 with plenty of footholds and handholds. The solar screen on top of Emory Peak was partly visible.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Emory_Peak_Summit\">Emory Peak Summit<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Finally, I reached the summit of Emory Peak just past 3pm.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the highest peak in Big Bend National Park, the views were extensive, from Chisos Basin and Vernon Bailey Peak to the north, to Casa Grande Peak with its towering walls, and the Lost Mine Mountain that rose above Toll Mountain in the foreground, to the south rim of Chisos (despite they didn&#8217;t have that &#8220;cliff&#8221; feeling from this angle), and the extensive fields to the southeast, backed by the impressive Sierra del Carmen mountains reflecting sunlight, to the various hills and cliffs to the west (that were unfortunately against the light).<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-24\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150254.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150254.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_151252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_151252.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"Chisos Basin and Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chisos Basin and Vernon Bailey Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4492.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4492.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Vernon Bailey Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4490.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4490.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak and Mount Huffman\" \/><\/a><\/br>Casa Grande Peak and Mount Huffman<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Between which the road into and out of Chisos Basin passed through.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4493.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4493.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4494.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4494.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Peak across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Peak across Juniper Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An extension of Lost Mine Peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_152757.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_152757.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Large patches of land burned.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4462.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4462.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4504.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4504.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-24\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_150254.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_151252.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Basin and Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4492.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4490.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak and Mount Huffman\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4493.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4494.jpg\" alt=\"Peak across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_152757.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4462.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4504.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-24, #splide-thumb-24 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the summit of Emory Peak.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_150254.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_150254.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chisos Mountains from Emory Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_151252.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_151252.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Basin and Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chisos Basin and Vernon Bailey Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4492.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4492.jpg\" alt=\"Vernon Bailey Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Vernon Bailey Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4490.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4490.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak and Mount Huffman\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Casa Grande Peak and Mount Huffman<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Between which the road into and out of Chisos Basin passed through.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4493.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4493.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4494.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4494.jpg\" alt=\"Peak across Juniper Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Peak across Juniper Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An extension of Lost Mine Peak.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_152757.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_152757.jpg\" alt=\"South Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>South Rim<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Large patches of land burned.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4462.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4462.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4504.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4504.jpg\" alt=\"Lost Mine Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Lost Mine Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Standing on top of Emory Peak, one couldn&#8217;t help but feel accomplished, reaching the paramount center stage upheld by throngs of mountains at its flanks. As if for a brief moment, that reigns supreme over the Chisos Mountains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-25\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_151148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_151148.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"Laguna Meadows and Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Laguna Meadows and Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4501.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4501.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4497.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4497.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Sierra del Carmon Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Sierra del Carmon Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4457.jpg\" alt=\"East Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>East Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4456.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4456.jpg\" alt=\"Southwest Rim\" \/><\/a><\/br>Southwest Rim<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4460.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4460.jpg\" width=\"94%\" alt=\"Chisos Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chisos Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Visitor Center, campground and lodge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4459.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond Chisos Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains beyond Chisos Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_153601.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_153601.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail to Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Trail to Emory Peak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-25\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_151148.jpg\" alt=\"Laguna Meadows and Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4501.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4497.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Sierra del Carmon Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4457.jpg\" alt=\"East Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4456.jpg\" alt=\"Southwest Rim\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4460.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4459.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond Chisos Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_153601.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail to Emory Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-25, #splide-thumb-25 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the summit of Emory Peak.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_151148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_151148.jpg\" alt=\"Laguna Meadows and Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Laguna Meadows and Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4501.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4501.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4497.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4497.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Sierra del Carmen Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Sierra del Carmen Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4457.jpg\" alt=\"East Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>East Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4456.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4456.jpg\" alt=\"Southwest Rim\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Southwest Rim<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4460.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4460.jpg\" alt=\"Chisos Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chisos Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Visitor Center, campground and lodge.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4459.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4459.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains beyond Chisos Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains beyond Chisos Basin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_153601.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_153601.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Trail to Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Trail to Emory Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4469_DSC_4488-20.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4469_DSC_4488-20.jpg\" alt=\"View from Emory Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Emory Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before leaving, I took the following video with panoramic views.<\/p>\n<p><video controls width=\"70%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/151357_437.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_151357.mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: x-small;\">22 seconds, 2160p30fps, H265 only, compressed to 14Mbps for a total file size of 40MB.<\/div>\n<p>After staying about 45 minutes at the summit of Emory Peak, I started heading down at 3:50pm, reaching Pinnacles Pass at 4:25pm. After that, it&#8217;s 5.5km of continuous downhill back to the trailhead in Chisos Basin.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Pinnacles_Pass_to_Trailhead\">Pinnacles Pass to Trailhead<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Despite next to seemingly steep cliffs, the trail somehow managed to find a series of switchbacks and make its way down from Pinnacles Pass. Even more amazingly, there&#8217;s no shortage of trees along the trail, some even in full foliage colors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-26\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_162551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_162551.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163044.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163044.jpg\" alt=\"Trail and Boulders\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail and Boulders<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163242.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163605.jpg\" width=\"96.5%\" alt=\"Trail around Foliage Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail around Foliage Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just like in Boot Canyon, I didn\u2019t expect to see them this late in season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163632.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Foliage Colors<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163647.jpg\" width=\"96.5%\" alt=\"Trail around Foliage Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail around Foliage Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just like in Boot Canyon, I didn\u2019t expect to see them this late in season.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_164029.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_164029.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_164102.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_164102.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165233.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_165233.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165622.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_165622.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-26\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_162551.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_163044.jpg\" alt=\"Trail and Boulders\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_163242.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_163605.jpg\" alt=\"Trail around Foliage Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_163632.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_163647.jpg\" alt=\"Trail around Foliage Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_164029.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_164102.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_165233.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_165622.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-26, #splide-thumb-26 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the trail.<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_162551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_162551.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163044.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163044.jpg\" alt=\"Trail and Boulders\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail and Boulders<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163242.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163605.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163605.jpg\" alt=\"Trail around Foliage Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail around Foliage Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just like in Boot Canyon, I didn\u2019t expect to see them this late in season.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163632.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Foliage Colors<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_163647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_163647.jpg\" alt=\"Trail around Foliage Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail around Foliage Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Just like in Boot Canyon, I didn\u2019t expect to see them this late in season.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_164029.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_164029.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_164102.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_164102.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165233.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_165233.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165622.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_165622.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>About 2.7km from the trailhead, the trail reached a place called &#8220;Boulder Meadow&#8221;. It&#8217;s where elevation change eased, and one entered a relatively open field with views of some striking boulders up the Chisos Mountains, ranging from Casa Grande Peak to the east and Emory Peak to the west. It&#8217;s getting late and dark, so despite being against the light, the views were actually pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>There were a series of campsites at Boulder Meadow, where I ran into a group that somehow recognized me from earlier today. They camped at Boulder Meadow, took the same loop as me but in opposite directions. I quite admired their outdoor spirit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-27\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_171957.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_171957.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow\" \/><\/a><\/br>View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_172312.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_172312.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow\" \/><\/a><\/br>View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4507.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4507.jpg\" alt=\"View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow\" \/><\/a><\/br>View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165955.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_165955.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4506.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4506.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4505.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4505.jpg\" alt=\"The Window in the Distance\" \/><\/a><\/br>The Window in the Distance<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_173702.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_173702.jpg\" width=\"89.1%\" alt=\"Looking back at Chisos Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking back at Chisos Mountains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" 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src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4507.jpg\" alt=\"View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View of Rocks from Boulder Meadow<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165955.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_165955.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4506.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4506.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Grande Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Casa Grande Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/DSC_4505.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/DSC_4505.jpg\" alt=\"The Window in the Distance\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>The Window in the Distance<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_173702.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_173702.jpg\" alt=\"Looking back at Chisos Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking back at Chisos Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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alt=\"Chisos Basin near Sunset\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_165420.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-m\/20221123_165420.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Boulders of Pinnacles Pass\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains and Boulders around Chisos Basin at Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-28\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_170315.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_170315.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a 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\/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_174134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_174134.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-28\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_170315.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails-s\/20221123_170600.jpg\" alt=\"Trail and Boulders\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_174132.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_174132.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/20221123_174134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/11\/23\/thumbnails\/20221123_174134.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the trail wasn&#8217;t that remarkable. 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