This morning we drove to the Phoenix Mountain Reserve at first light to hike before it got hot. The sun rose while we were hiking.
There are many trails here, we combined a few to make a loop hike up and over Peak 1952 for about 2.5 miles and 400 ft of gain.
Views as we were hiking,
Peak 1952 is on the left.
Lots of interesting rock formations here.
Another view of Peak 1952
Beautiful colors to the east as the sun rises,
zoom of the sun rise with a distant Four Peaks
more rock formations
continuing around to the south side of Peak 1952 (not seen here)
Cacti on the side of Peak 1952
Peak 1952 on the right 
view to the south
and to the north as we reach the saddle
Almost to the top as the sun continues to rise
On the top of Peak 1952 facing northwest
view to the west with the shadow of Peak 1952view to the south
view to the east
view to the northeast
On our way down the north side of Peak 1952
One of many rocks seen on the trail
more rock formatins
looking back at Peak 1952 (on the left)
View from further down the trail
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