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A view of the slabs from the Elden Lookout Trail.
A view while moving left of the fin at the top of the slabs.
Steep high-angle slabs of rock.
Continue on the Elden Lookout Trail at this junction.
This rock is where you depart the Pipeline Trail and head up the slabs.
To get onto the slabs, you begin by scrambling up large boulders.
Great views of Flagstaff the whole way up.
Views of the cinder hills to the east.
The slabs are sparsely vegetated.
Watch where you reach because cactuses abound.
Views of the San Francisco Peaks from the top.
Descend down the Elden Lookout Trail back to the parking lot.