I've been wanting to go see it up close and Jill and I drove out to visit it -- about an hour drive. The area is an old volcanic field with many smaller features clearly visible for several miles. We climbed most of the way up to the base of the plug -- a vertical basalt monolith -- but didn't try to do the entire hike around the peak. The peak is climbable but with great difficulty and some special equipment may be needed. We were not interested in that.
So here are some pictures we took on the trip....
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| The road to Cabezon -- it gets much worse |
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| A trail goes around the vertical basalt plug once you climb up the terrace - a steep and treacherous climb. |
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| A smaller volcanic plug in the distance |
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| View from the shoulder of the peak -- lots of volcano relics |
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| Coming back down |
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| We were being watched |
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| Toro! Toro! Open range |
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| Heading back home |
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