
Park on the side of the dirt road since there's no official parking area. There was a broken sign marking the start of the Cold Spring Trail.

Along the Cold Spring Trail, some nice views into Basin Canyon.

Close-up north into Basin Canyon.

Apache Kid Peak is in the center of this photo. The trail does up the canyon that goes diagonally to the right in the center of this photo.

Enter the pretty, narrow canyon, the trail starting to get a bit more difficult to follow.

Lush canyon with sheer volcanic walls on either side.




Meadows within the canyon along the Cold Spring Trail.

Forested sections on the Cold Spring Trail.

It's mostly just a long walk up a pretty canyon, jumping between forest and meadow, with nice rock walls occasionally appearing on either side.


A narrow section along the Cold Spring Trail.


This photo was taken past the black dot on the map (blue line on map), but as you can see, there's no trail. I recommend just going up the ridge and not following

Also along the blue line shortly before we gave up and just followed the steep ridgeline.

Looking down into the canyon where the Cold Spring Trail came up.

Interesting rock stuff along the ridgeline.

The northern section of the canyon where the Cold Spring Trail apparently would have gone up. Cyclone Saddle is somewhere up there. I preferred the high road to bushwhacking ;)

Looking back along the ridgeline on the way up to Apache Kid Peak.

Apache Kid Peak ahead.




Apache Kid Peak, no views. Totally forested. There was a fairly hidden summit register that had only been signed twice since 1997.
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