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    Yelena Sukhanov
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    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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    View to the northwest from West Butte Mountain.
    Yelena Sukhanov
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    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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    A precariously balanced rock in The Slot.
    Yelena Sukhanov
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    The narrowest portion of The Slot.
    Yelena Sukhanov
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    01/26/2019
    The Slot.

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