Diamond Peak

MRT/GET 2021 Day 27, May 1,  Saturday
• Start 22170 on ridge
• End 24060 north of Diamond Peak
• Miles walked: 24.2

Off the ridge, the route descends into Tom Moore Canyon, rather flat, averaging 400 feet across, walled in by low rolling hills on both sides, dry and with no visible drainage along most of its six mile length, grass and ponderosa.

Afterwards the route exits the Gila Wilderness and passes a landing strip and work center in the small gap between the Gila Wilderness and Aldo Leopold Wilderness. The work center catches rainwater and saves into a cistern, and a faucet in the animal pens gives clear water.

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