Not far from home there’s a short peak called Squaw Nipple.  J  I am a little irked at how the TBs were distributed this year, because there didn’t appear to be any sort of quota per state so that they were evenly distributed.  As I understand it, the northeast got most of them, and very few made it up here apparently.  I found out about the distribution method too late and my form didn’t get there in time.  Ironically, the one we know of in this area is now sitting on my desk at home after having ventured up across the Beartooth Highway via Clarks Fork Canyon, the Morrison Jeep Trail switchbacks (where I came within a few inches of rolling this weekend) and then on to Goose Lake.  It’s named after Independence Peak, a place I traveled to with the 4x4 club over the Indendence Day weekend.  If it wasn’t such a chore to get to, I’d drive down to Independence and take a pic ON the summit of the mountain the TB is named after.  Now, if the Granite Peak GJTB makes it up here, I’d have to make a weekend hike up there and visit my West Rozebuzz cache (on the way to the summit).  The tallest mountain in the state at 12,499’ requires some clinging to the rock face and shimmying (sp?) across a hundred feet or so of very small cracks for foot holds on a near vertical face.

 

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v318/b_casteel/Project%20JEEP/Fun/07-01-06%20Independence/

 

Pics of the Independence ride.  I miss Arizona often, but it’s trips like this that remind me so vividly what I love about living in Montana.  When I get the pics from last weekend posted, watch out.  The Morrison switchbacks and Goose Lake shots are phenomenal.

 

Oh, and if you want to confirm the exact number/names of GJTBs ‘issued’ to a state, just do an Advanced Search for TBs and use (AZ) for the search params. 

 

Brian
Team A.I.

 

 

Hey everyone,

The Jeep contest this year named the Jeeps after mountains across the US.  I thought some of you might like a list of the ones named after mountains in Arizona.

This is the complete list... as far as I can tell (as opposed to my previous message).  I may have missed one or two, but I'm pretty sure this is all of them.  I'd really like to get my hands on Wishbone Mountain for sentimental reasons. 

Agassiz Peak
Antelope Mountain
Apache Butte
Aspen Butte
Aubineau Peak
Baldy Peak
Barfoot Peak
Bear Mountain
Big Cienega Mountain
Big Lake Knoll
Bill Williams Mountain
Blue Peak
Boardshack Knoll
Bog Butte
Boundary Butte
Brown Butte
Burke Point
Burke Point
Burnt Mountain
Burro Mountain
Cerro Gordon Mountain
Chiricahua Peak
Clark Peak
Diamond Butte
Doyle Peak
Escudilla Mountain
Fern Mountain
Flys Peak
Fremont Peak
Gobbler Peak
Gobbler Point
Gobbler Point
Gooseberry Butte
Grand View Peak
Grant Hill
Greens Peak
Hawk Peak
Heliograph Peak
Hochderffer Hills
Humphreys Peak
Hutch Mountain
Ida Peak
Indian Peak
Juan Garcia Mountain
Kendrick Peak
Ladybug Peak
Lake Mountain
Little Elden Mountain
Loco Knoll
Matthews Peak
McKays Peak
Merrill Peak
Mica Mountain
Miller Peak
Milligan Knoll
Monte Vista Peak
Navajo Mountain
Newman Hill
Newman Hill
Noble Mountain
Odart Mountain
Old Baldy
O'Leary Peak
Paint Rock
Paradise Butte
Pastora Peak
Pat Knoll
Pat Knoll
Plain View Peak
Pole Knoll
Pool Knoll
Portal Peak
Raspberry Peak
Rees Peak
Roof Butte
Rose Peak
S U Knolls
Saddle Mountain
Saint Peters Dome
San Francisco Mountain
Schultz Peak
Sentinel Peak
Sitgreaves Mountain
Sizer Knoll
Slide Hill
Soldier Butte
Sonsela Buttes
South Mountain - Apparently not the "South Mountain" in Maricopa County.
Spruce Mountain
Spud Rock
Sugarloaf Peak
Sunrise Peak
Tenney Mountain
Tenny Mountain
Tiger Butte
Tsaile Peak
Turner Peak
Turtle Mountain
View Point
Wahl Knoll
Webb Peak
West Peak
White Ash Peak
White Cone
White Horse Hills
Whiting Knoll
Wing Mountain
Wishbone Mountain
Zilbetod Peak

Some interesting facts that I noticed while getting the list.  There are over 20 mountains in Colorado named "Sheep Mountain"... that have a jeep named after them. 

There are also quite a few mountains with the word "nipple" in them. 

For the name "Squaw Peak", CA has 3, WY has 2, and ID, MT and UT have one, but as we all know, AZ no longer has one.

Jake - Team A.I.