Keystone Canyon Trailhead.First glimpse of New York Mountains High Point on the distant ridge.Short detour along a spur road to Live Oak Mine.View back toward Keystone Point.Entering Live Oak Canyon.Abandoned truck, riddled by bullets (a desert cliché).Rusty shack.Inside the shack, equipped with basic camping supplies.Live Oak Mine.Contouring the northern slope of Keystone Canyon.Rejoining the deteriorating Keystone Canyon Trail.Approaching the road's end at Keystone Mine.Keystone Mine.Mine shaft.Continuing up a steep, rocky slope.View back toward Keystone Mine.Veering right toward a saddle.From the saddle, starting up the slope on the right.Class 2.View back toward the saddle, right.Gaining the north ridge. New York Mountains High Point is on the far left.View north. Charleston Peak is visible on the horizon (left of center).Staying below some cliffs along the ridge.Approaching New York Benchmark.New York Benchmark summit. View north.Continuing north toward New York Mountains High Point.Slabs at the base of New York Mountains High Point.On the left, a slot leading to a Class 3 weakness.View back down the first Class 3 section.Class 2/3.Summit block ahead. But first, a tricky downclimb into a slot between two boulders.View back toward New York Benchmark.Final Class 3 section (likely the crux).New York Mountains High Point summit. View south.View east toward Keystone Point (right).Contouring the ridge on the return to the saddle.Staying below a cliff band.Continuing east toward Keystone Point.Closeup of a pair of pinnacles known as Twin Towers.View back.View back along an exposed section of the ridge.View back.Approaching the western saddle of Keystone Point.View back.Starting up Keystone Point's gentle west slope.Keystone Point summit.Starting down Keystone Point's north ridge.View back toward Keystone Point.Closeup of Twin Towers.Following the ridge as it bends right to rejoin Keystone Canyon Trail.
