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Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from the West Butte Mountain trailhead.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The trail features some amazing views of the Borrego Badlands.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The trail features some amazing views of the Borrego Badlands.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
Ocotillo framing the Borrego Badlands.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
Ocotillo in bloom near West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
On a clear day the view from West Butte Mountain stretches all the way to the Salton Sea and the Chocolate Mountains.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from the top of West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from the top of West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from the top of West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View to the north from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View to the northwest from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
View from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The trail begins to descend toward The Slot.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
Close-up view of a maze of canyons from West Butte Mountain.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
Borrego Mountain Wash road, aptly dubbed "the drop-off."
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The trail becomes hard to follow soon after it descends into the canyons.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The canyon walls grow taller and narrower as The Slot is approached.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The canyon walls grow taller and narrower as The Slot is approached.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The walls of The Slot are made from dark gray siltstone.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The Slot.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The Slot grows narrower the farther you go.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The Slot.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
A precariously balanced rock in The Slot.
Yelena Sukhanov
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01/26/2019
The narrowest portion of The Slot.
Yelena Sukhanov
Photo Date:
01/26/2019
The Slot.