On April 14 I drove from Tucson north through Globe and into the Sierra Ancha to hike Aztec Peak, the high point of the range. Aztec Peak has 7748 feet of elevation and 2468 feet of prominence, the 41st most prominent peak in Arizona. Arizona has three physiographic regions, the Colorado Plateau in the northeast, the Basin and Range in the south and west, and the Arizona Transition Zone between those two. This peak was the only peak of this winter season I climbed that lay within the Transition Zone, all others lying in the Basin and Range region.
The Sierra Ancha and Aztec Peak from AZ 188 north of Globe
I pulled off of Arizona Highway 188 north of Globe to photograph my first view of the Sierra Ancha and Aztec Peak. Aztec Peak is the flat summit near the center of the above photo.
