Throughout my long years of climbing, I have always been fascinated every time I would come across interesting geological features. Because everything around us is geological in one form or another, it was easy to see that beauty every time I headed into the hills. I thought I’d put together a sort of photo essay for your enjoyment. These photos were taken in many places over the years. Click on any of them to blow them up to a larger size.
Horcones Valley, Argentina.
In the Águila Mountains
In the Águila Mountains
In the Águila Mountains
In Alamo Canyon, north fork.
In Alamo Canyon
“The Colossus” at the head of Grass Canyon, Ajo Mountains
High in the Ajo Mountains
High in Alamo Canyon
In Alamo Canyon, south fork.
The south side of Antelope Peak
In the Baboquiviri Mountains
In the Bates Mountains – see the huge head facing to the right?
In the Bates Mountains
Kino Peak seen from the south side.
A natural cave in the Cipriano Hills, used for shelter by indocumentados.
Beehive Peak, Tucson, Arizona
Looking west into the Kofa Mountains
Near Burro Gap
Near Burro Gap
Locomotive Rock near Ajo, Arizona
Granite Walls at Tinajas Altas
In the Chocolate Mountains – Peak 2260
Peak 2957 to the south of Cimarron Peak
Cochise Head – do you see the profile of the head? The forehead is the long middle bump; the nose is to the left of that. The head is looking up into the sky.
Looking down on to the rock formations in Chiricahua National Monument.
High up on Cochise Head
Near Burro Gap
A very vertical face in the Copperosity Hills
Courthouse Rock
Signal Mountain
Sheep Peak
Peak 1141, composed of jet-black rock from top to bottom
In the Growler Mountains
The east side of Castle Dome Mountain
Summit Peak in the Kofa Mountains
Near Indian Butte
Coyote Peak
In the Little Horn Mountains
A cliff in the Little Horn Mountains
Royal Arch
Peak 2625, east side
A wash where running water has made it smooth.
In the Whetstone Mountains
Mercury Mountain
In the Whetstone Mountains
In the Mesquite Mountains
Th north side of Montezuma’s Head
Near the site of Nachi Kulik
Face Mountain – see the face in profile, looking up, chin to the left?
Pinnacle in the east end of the Crater Range
On the west side of the Ajo Range
Un-named pinnacle in the Ajo Range
Double arch in Arch Canyon, Ajo Range
In the Santa Catalina Mountains
Peak 5415 in the Santa Catalina Mountains
Looking west to Baboquivari Peak
In the north side of the Santa Catalina Mountains
The southwest side of Anvil Mountain in the Eagle Tail Mountains, still unclimbed
On Pinnacle Ridge in the Santa Teresa Mountains
Finger Rock in the Santa Catalina Mountains
On Rattlesnake Peak
Ragged Top
In the Santa Catalina Mountains
Samaniego Peak
Huge “chicken heads” in the Sand Tank Mountains
In the Sand Tank Mountains
Natural cave
An opening in the rock which dropped steeply down (see the daylight below?)
Looking out from the mouth of a cave
Very distorted rock
Dragon’s Tooth, seen from the south.
In the Sand Tank Mountains
In the Sand Tank Mountains
Natural opening through a mountaintop.
A distant arch along the ridge.
A huge overhang.
Hat Mountain
A natural water catchment, or “tinaja”.
Tom Thumb, seen from the east.
A beautiful winter morning in New Mexico
“The Blade”, still unclimbed.
In the Tank Mountains.
A tinaja at White Tanks
The east side of Hawk Peak
Near Thimble Peak
This photo and the next 5 were taken in the Tinaja Altas Mountains of Arizona
Tom Thumb
Red soil from red rock in the White Mountains of Arizona
This natural arch is 50 feet high.
So, Gentle Readers, there you have an assortment of 115 photos showing how geology is everywhere around us, filling up our natural world. I hope you’ve found them interesting.