Cathedral Rock

The trail description on the Forest Service page is blunt about what you're getting into: more rock climb than hike, unshaded, steep, difficult in places. Follow the basket cairns across the wash, push up the moderate slope toward the spires, and by a quarter mile you're standing on a broad ledge with the red rock country opening up around you. Keep climbing — through a shallow cleft with toeholds notched into the rock — and you reach a wide saddle between the spires. A parking pass is required at the trailhead. Plan for heat in summer.