
Starting out with a mile or so of hiking along a dirt road.

At the base of Tortoise Foot Hill.

View back toward the dirt road as we ascend Tortoise Foot Hill. Peak 4040 visible top right, Peak 4292 (last peak of the loop) top left.

Approaching Tortoise Foot Hill summit.

Descending from Tortoise Foot Hill via it's south ridge.

Bad Hill visible ahead. We crossed the dirt road and ascended the ridge/slope that seemed most tame.

View back toward Tortoise Foot Hill as we ascend Class 2 to Bad Hill.

Bad Hill summit, view west.

Bad Hill summit, view north. Charleston Peak seen top left.

Descending east from Bad Hill, Peak 4040's false summit visible ahead. Peak 4292 top left, Peak 4360 top right.

View back toward Bad Hill as we descend.

Class 2 to gain Peak 4040's false summit.

It's a lot of this to gain the false summit.

View back toward Bad Hill.

View down from near the top of the false summit and the rougher terrain, Class 2.

False summit, view toward Peak 4040, center.

View back toward the false summit.

More loose stuff on the way up to Peak 4040.

Peak 4040 summit, view west. Peak 4292 seen top left.

Continuing west along the ridge, a view back toward Peak 4040.

Class 2 descent to a mesa-like feature, seen center. Peak 4027 seen up top, our next peak.

View back along the ridge descent from Peak 4040.

At the base of Peak 4027.

Class 2 up Peak 4027.

View back toward Peak 4040 on our way up Peak 4027. You can see the mesa-like feature we descended from on the left.

Peak 4027 summit, view toward 4360 to the south, the next peak.

Peak 4027 summit, view toward the weakness I'd be using later to gain Peak 3934.

Back down from Peak 4027, onward to Peak 4360.

Ascending Peak 4360, view back toward Peak 4027 (right). I came from the drainage on the left.

Ascending to Peak 4360.

View back along the northern ridge of Peak 4360. Bad Hill seen far left, Peak 4292 (the final peak of the day) top right.

Summit of Peak 4360, view toward McCullough Mountain.

Descending from Peak 4360 to Hole Benchmark (on the left). You can see a cliff band in the center.

Approaching the cliff band. Class 3 (reportedly) up the buttress ahead. I wrapped around to the left and found a Class 2+ option.

Back on the ridge, descending toward Hole Benchmark, center.

Cool rocks at the base of Hole Benchmark.

Hole Benchmark summit, view toward Peak 3934 in the center, my next peak. Peak 4292 far right. I descended from Hole Benchmark to the road seen center, following it to the base of Peak 3934.

Walking along the dirt road, a view back toward Hole Benchmark.

At the base of Peak 3934 where I left the road and started up to the peak's cliff band.

Class 2 boulder-hopping up to the west side of Peak 3934.

Wrapping around Peak 3934, looking for a weakness.

Class 3 weakness.

Peak 3934 summit ahead, Class 2.

Peak 3934 summit, view toward Peak 4292 on the right, the last peak of the day. The Liteweight Mine poking out in the center.

Descending from Peak 3934 into the wash on the left.

View back toward Peak 3934. I descended from the center in this photo.

Colorful rocks in the wash as I head north to the base of Peak 4292.

Approaching the base of a dryfall.

Dryfall, avoidable on the right via Class 2 slope.

View at a Class 2 ledge with light exposure. I came from the wash seen center. The Liteweight Mine is visible on the right.

Class 2 boulder-hopping. Yes, that's a machine from the mine on the left.

Class 2. Straightforward as to where to go. Before reaching the cliffs higher up, I kept left and side-hilled.

Peak 4292 comes into view. Class 2 to get up there.

Peak 4292 summit, view south. Hole Benchmark on the left (quite small). Peak 3934 center, Peak 4360 on the right. McCullough Mountain top center.

Peak 4292 summit, view toward the Liteweight Mine on the left. I descended toward the small bump in the center of this photo and then headed to the right in order to avoid trespassing.

A shot of the Liteweight Mine.
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