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Navajo Nation Peaks, Arizona, November 2023

November 26, 2023 by Paul McClellan Leave a Comment

In November I visited the Navajo Nation in northeast Arizona to hike three prominent Navajo Nation peaks before winter settled in. My goal was to hike the highpoint of Black Mesa and the summits of Pastora Peak and Roof Butte.

On Thursday, November 9, I drove from Tucson to Chinle, Arizona. I stopped at the “Tseyi Heritage Cottonwood Campground at Canyon De Chelly” and purchased a Navajo Nation hiking permit for the next three days. During the previous phone calls and when I arrived the people there were friendly and helpful. A young woman issued my Navajo Nation hiking permit for Black Mesa, Pastora Peak, and Roof Butte and checked me in to the campground where I spent that night.

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Filed Under: Hiking Tagged With: Arizona, Black Mesa, Carrizo Mountains, Chuska Mountains, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, Pastora Peak, Roof Butte, Shiprock

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