
Starting at the trailhead, which is actually just a sign that reads something similar to "ATVs only".

Along the old ATV tracks.

The ATV track fades away and becomes a trail as the route heads up a drainage.

Working toward the saddle ahead to the north.

View back the way I came.



The trail is easy to follow, but sometimes faint.

The trail joins with an absurdly old road that leads to the saddle between Fool Creek Peak and Buck Peak.

View from the saddle looking south the way I came up.

View from the saddle looking north toward the alternate approach route. I think the way I came seems prettier.

View east as I head up the ridge toward Fool Creek Peak.


Fool Creek Peak ahead.


Burned forest makes the trail hard to follow at points.

Fool Creek Peak peeking through the burned trees.

View back the way I came.

Fool Creek Peak ahead.

Another view back the way I came, the trail becoming more obvious toward the summit.

There were a few switchbacks and then the summit came into view.

Fool Creek Peak summit, view west toward the way I came. Buck Peak on the far right, the canyon I drove in on (Oak Creek Canyon Road) visible on the left.

Fool Creek Peak, view south.

Fool Creek Peak, view north.
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