Fortification Hill (3,718 feet) in Arizona

a table-top mountain overlooking the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead

February 20, 2006

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01This is Fortification Hill	02Desert Gold	03Desert Gold	04Desert Gold	05Road to the trailhead
06Fortification Hill and Sunrays	07Sunrays	08Sunray	09Bighorn Sheep grazing	10Ewes
11Ewes	12Ewes	13Ewes	14Ewes grazing	15Ewe grazing
16Ewe	17Ewe	18Ewe	19Ewe	20Ewe
21Babies rushing down	22Babies	23Mothers and babies	24Baby sheep	25Baby sheep
26At the trailhead	27On the trail	28Buckeye Butterfly on a Sunray	29The trail	30On the trail
31On the trail	32On the trail	33On the trail	34By class 3 chute	35Class 3 chute
36View of Muddy Mountains	37Summit	38On the summit	39Close-up of Hoover Dam	40 An island in the lake
41Lake Mead	42Back by the chute	43Descending	44On the trail	45Wilson Ridge in background
46Cloud above Fortification Hill	47Photographing	48Sunray	49Sunray	50On the trail
51Sunray	52Sunray	53Sunray	54A look back	55View of the peak from distance