Peak 8716 (Spike Peak)

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This peak is the high point of the Freeman Ridge portion of the Pruess Range which, in turn, is part of the Peale Mountains. USGS Stewart Flat

The following is Rick Baugher’s trip notes:

On 10/20/01, midway through a multiple-peak day, I dirt biked east over Freeman Pass (7,630 feet), then continued south on FSR-145. Parked near Hill Spring (7,900 feet). From this vicinity, it was an easy cross-country hike, ascending west, to “Spike Peak” (8,716 feet elevation; 946 feet of prominence). On top, noted a surveyor’s spike driven into the cherty limestone summit outcrop.

View to south slope of Spike Peak on 7/20/14. A spike or rebar stake is sometimes suggestive of a privately conducted mineral or timber survey. Rick Baugher Photo
View to the South Slope of Spike Peak (7/20/14). A spike or rebar stake is sometimes suggestive of a privately-conducted mineral or timber survey. Rick Baugher Photo