Mount Ord
15.1 mi3,974 ft
7,156 ft
3,209 ft
Great workout hike with healthy gain along old and new two-tracks. Some old mining ruins along the first mile.
Photos
Soft morning light falling over the green green hills
An odd cement foundation along the purple road
Green trees reaching onto the trail
A long retaining wall on the old road
Still plenty of climb to go
Changing colors along the road
A more popular way up the mountain
Some hints of snow along the road
First view of the communication towers on Ord
Turnaround and campsite near the gate
Four Peaks and Roosevelt Reservoir in the south
Beeline highway reaching towards the Phoenix haze
Saddle Mountain and other western hills
The whining, humming cluster of electronics at the peak
An old service cabin boarded up
Fresh snow prints on the road
Mazatzal Ridgeline in the north
Mazatzal Ridgeline in the distance
A long descent left to go
The tiny highway, thousand feet down or so
A cleared straight shot for powerlines
Cement foundations from mining days
Mount Ord in the distance
Along the way
Mountain 1
- Mount Ord
Mine 1
- Ord Mine
Trailhead 1
- Slate Creek Trailhead
Junction 1
- FR 27 / FR 626 junction
Gate 1
- Locked gate below the Mount Ord summit