
Starting along the First Water Trail.





Weaver's Needle in the distance, Black Top Mesa on the left along the First Water Trail.


Black Top Mesa left.

Black Top Mesa (left) and Palomino Mountain (right), Weaver's Needle sticking out on the right.

Heading off-trail toward the narrow section of canyon just west of Palomino Mountain.



Aylor's Arch visible up there.

Looking back at the narrow section. The trail up Palomino Mountain is just behind me.

Steep hiking with minimal scrambling.

After getting up the gully, a great view of the Weaver's Needle just before the Palomino Mountain summit.

View of Aylor's Arch from the middle fin of Palomino Mountain. The summit of the peak is the rightmost section of the fin in this photo.

Continuing along the trail between the middle and top fin.

Summit of Palomino Mountain.

Summit of Palomino Mountain looking back toward Weaver's Needle.

After Palomino Mountain, heading toward Black Top Mesa.

Along the Bull Pass Trail.

At the top of this section, the trail continues down, but the off-trail route to Black Top Mesa heads to the right.

On the social trail up to Black Top Mesa.

Looking back down the social trail. You can see Battleship Mountain in the back right.






Approaching the Black Top Mesa summit.

View of the Weaver's Needle. The canyon just left of center is where the Terrapin Trail goes. You can trace the Peralta and Terrapin Loop from here, pretty neat.

After summit, this photo is along the Black Mesa Trail looking back toward Black Top Mesa and Palomino Mountain.

Along the Black Mesa Trail.



Last look at the Weaver's Needle on the Black Mesa Trail.



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