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"Passed this "Point" on the way to the summit (Humphreys Peak) of the original San Francisco Peak. Interesting history from summit post.org:
Humphreys Peak is the highest point of San Francisco Mountain. San Francisco Mountain is a fragment of what was a much larger mountain. It is estimated that San Francisco Mtn. was once about 16,000-20,000 feet. It is also Arizona's only strato-volcano.
San Francisco Mountain has said to be Mt. Saint Helens twin. Before the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens there was many questions about San Francisco Mtn. Scientist did not know why it had its bowl shape. Volcanoes usually blow up and not to the side. And if it did erupt, what happened to all the matter that was blown away. It was once assumed that maybe the mountain caved in and created its bowl appearance. That theory was never fully accepted. After Mount Saint Helens erupted a lot of questions were answered. Mount Saint Helens did not blow up, it blew out; and then a lava dome stared to grow inside of it. San Francisco Mtn. has a lava dome just on the outside of it, named Sugarloaf, which formed after it blew. The appearance of both San Francisco Mtn. and Mount Saint Helens is remarkably simi..." — BryHong8 • Oct 30, 2016
"(See Humphreys Peak for a Google Earth perspective of the hike)
My 19 year daughter recently moved to California to share in an adventure in living, with her other 2 sisters. I have 4 daughters and she is the only one that is interested in peakbagging. Last year my son Garret & I hiked Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in California and the lower 49 states. We had been talking about hiking Arizona’s highest Peak, Humphreys Peak, elevation 12,633 since last year. I have an interest in hiking a few western state high points. He had a new son, was moving into a new house, didn’t have much time to take off and didn’t really care to do Arizona’s highest peak, so I asked my daughter Christina. I told her I would fly her out. She was excited to go.
We left the house in the Albuquerque area at 2:30 AM, July 8, 2016. There wasn’t much traffic on the freeway, and with a 75 mph speed limit we were starting to hike at 7:30 AM (6:30 AM Arizona time) We took highway 18O northwest out of Flagstaff, then between mileage marker 222 and 223 we turned north on NF Road 516 towards the ski area. It was a very cool, clear morning. The temperature was 50 degrees. Christina immediately put on a light ..." — Phil-Robinson • Jul 8, 2016
"Drove up from Vegas. Took the Humphreys Peak trail to Humphreys Peak, where we braved 50-60 mph winds, then visited San Francisco Mountain & the plane crash site on our way down." — Kevin • Jun 9, 2012
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