We drove to the Carney Trailhead to hike up Superstition Ridge to Superstition Mountain (peak 5057) in the Superstition Wilderness. A tough, but fun hike. So nice to see some wildflowers blooming along the trail! We started up before sunrise and saw some nice color to the west.
As the sun rose, it lit up some of the nearby cliffs.
Sun rising to the east
View of the first ridge we will hike/scramble up
a balancing rock next to the trail
Still along way to go,
on a very steep trail.
So many beautiful rock formations along the way.
View looking south, we started down there.
The area is green in the winter. 
some tall saguaros here
Up on top of the ridge is a rock formation that looks like a T rex
View to the north as we get on top of the first ridge.
Sun rising above the ridge. 
We had some mellow trail for a while,
and more steep sections as we had another ridge to go up.
View towards Superstition Mountain
getting closer to Superstion Mountain
view to the east with Weaver's Needle where we hiked last year
zoom of Weaver's Needle
view to the west
approaching Superstition Mountain
Lots of fun rock formations on Superstition Mountain
We stopped about 70' from the very top as I wasn't up for that steep scramble. We had nice views from this spot.
enjoying the views and rock formations
trail down from Superstition Mountain
Lots of cacti along the trail
Looking back towards Superstition Mountain as we hike back.
View to the south from the top of the first ridge we hiked up this morning. Time to head back down.
a balancing rock we saw in the distance today (zoom)some of the wildflowers we saw in bloom along the trail today:
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