This view looks to the southwest, at Fremont Peak (11969 feet, 3648 meters), from the Inner Basin of San Francisco Peak.  This picture was taken in early June, and shows how much snow can accumulate in the highest points in Arizona.  One of the popular hiking trails in these mountains can be seen cutting across the lower right slope.
   The Inner Basin is the result of a cataclysmic "blowout" of a much larger mountain, a stratovolcano, some 400,000 years ago. 
  
   << Previous View
    
   See the GeoHistory page if you want to know more about why the landscape looks the way it does, or return to the map of "Sedona and the Verde Valley" for more view locations.
   You can also send this as an E-Postcard to your friends!
  

Geology is a s-l-o-w process.  But not always. Read this GeoStory™:   Blowout And in Arizona, our highest point is the best example. There are more GeoStories™ available, too. [080108]