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Library 		Hat Top Hill Day Hike
Goldfield Mountains
January 17, 2004
by Ted Tenny
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Trailblazers start from Dome Mountain Trailhead on a brisk winter morning.
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We approach the Hat Top Hill on FR 1356, with Four Peaks in the background.
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Picnic on the top of the world—Hat Top, anyway.
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From the top: northeast view of the Four Peaks, Peak 2881, and Golden Ridge 2246.
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Westward view from the top includes Bulldog Ridge and Peak 3134.
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Ted finds the Palo Verde Arch.
It was one of those days when everything goes right! 15 people turned out for my Hat Top Hill hike, although only 8 had signed up for it. The weather was sunny and pleasantly cool. I got them to the top of the hill and then to the Palo Verde Arch on our way down.

Hat Top Hill is a bright golden formation of Tertiary rhyolite in the southern Goldfields, wearing a hat at a jaunty angle. We got there on FR 1356, a primitive road through the ranching country. The hill itself is off trail, so I took them bushwhacking to a pass north of the hat.

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Hat Top Hill wears its hat at a jaunty angle.
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Chain Fruit chollas have a good view of Peak 3269 and Dome Mountain.
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