On Sunday, November 4, I joined Matthias Stender and Scott Peavy on a climb of El Capitan Mountain. El Capitan Mountain has 6568 feet of elevation and is the highpoint of the Mescal Mountains southeast of Globe, Arizona. It also has 1808 feet of topographic prominence, making it the 92nd most prominent peak in Arizona. None of us had visited El Capitan Mountain before. We had heard that the mountain was very brushy; we expected a challenge.
Scott had scouted out a potential route we hoped would reduce the brush we would need to deal with. The three of us parked along Arizona Highway 77 and crossed the highway. From there we mostly followed a primitive road as it crossed a gully beneath the WSW Ridge.
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