Robber’s Roost Loop
Carney Springs to Cave Trail
On February 25, 2023 I hiked to Robber’s Roost via the Carney Springs Trail (starting at the Lost Goldmine East TH) and returning via the Cave Trail. The climb up the Carney Springs Canyon got my heart pumping (~1300 feet elevation gain in a little over a mile). Finding the path into Robber’s Roost was difficult, but as I got closer I could hear voices and when I met the hikers outside of the Roost they offered to show me the “secret” passage into it (Thanks, Juan). It was amazing to stand in the Roost and the views out the fractures in the wall were beautiful. I returned through Fremont Saddle (a little less than a mile from the Roost) and down the Cave Trail, which had some navigational challenges as it did last year (I did not miss Geronimo’s Cave this year, though!). This was a challenging (the climb and some route-finding), but beautiful (views from on top, the Roost) hike that I will do again (with Kim).
Walk-Specific Map
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Take Note
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Elevation Profile
Images
BLUFSP01: Looking south from Bluff Spring Trail
BLUFSP01: Typical scenery in winter 2024
CRNYSP03: Typical scenery in Spring 2022
CRNYSP04: Looking up Carney Springs Tr
CRNYSP04: On Carney Springs Tr
CRNYSP04: Looking up Carney Springs Tr
CRNYSP04: Looking up Carney Springs Tr
CRNYSP05: View down from false summit
GERCAV01: Kim scrambling
GERCAV01: Kim scrambling
GERCAV01: Kim scrambling
GERCAV01: Thankful for cairns
GERCAV01: Looking south down Peralta Canyon
GERCAV01: Looking north up Peralta Canyon
GERCAV01: Me on the Cave Trail
GERCAV01: Kim on the Cave Rrail
GERCAV01: Looking back on the Cave Trail
GERCAV02: Typical scenery in Spring 2022
GERCAV02: Typical scenery in Spring 2022
GERCAV02: Typical scenery in Spring 2022
GERCAV02: Geronimo Cave
GERCAV03: Kim and I on Fremont Saddle
GERCAV03: Weavers Needle from Fremont Saddle
GERCAV03: Weavers Needle on way to Pinon tree
RDGLIN01: Weaver’s Needle
RDGLIN01: Looking down on the Peralta Tr
RDGLIN01: Looking east across Peralta Canyon
RDGLIN01: Kim with Weavers Needle
RDGLIN01: Hoodoo formations before Roost
RDGLIN01: Me in the Roost
RDGLIN01: Kim in the Roost
RDGLIN01: Me in the Roost
RDGLIN01: Kim coming out of the Roost
RDGLIN01: View out of the Roost
RDGLIN01: Kim in the Hoodoo formations
RDGLIN02: View down from summit
RDGLIN02: Looking east across ridgeline
RDGLIN02: Nearing Robber’s Roost from the west
GPX Download
A sanitized GPX file of our hike is here.
Summary Information
| NUM | trackID | Primary | Description | Distance | CumDist | DeltaElev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LGLDMN13 | Lost Goldmine Tr | Peralta TH Alt parking to Dacite Cliffs Mine Tr | 0.79 | 0.79 | 16 |
| 2 | LGLDMN12 | Lost Goldmine Tr | Dacite Cliffs Mine Tr to Carney Springs Tr | 0.34 | 1.13 | 13 |
| 3 | CRNYSP03 | Carney Springs Tr | Lost Goldmine Tr to Wave Cave Tr | 0.17 | 1.30 | 50 |
| 4 | CRNYSP04 | Carney Springs Tr | Wave Cave Tr to False summit | 0.76 | 2.06 | 849 |
| 5 | CRNYSP05 | Carney Springs Tr | False summit to Superstition Ridgeline Tr | 0.31 | 2.37 | 433 |
| 6 | RDGLIN02 | Superstition Ridgeline Tr | Carney Springs Tr to Robber's Roost Tr | 0.82 | 3.18 | 219 |
| 7 | RBRRST01 | Robber's Roost Tr | Superstition Ridgeline Tr to Robber's Roost | 0.09 | 3.28 | -40 |
| 8 | RBRRST01 | Robber's Roost Tr | Robber's Roost to Superstition Ridgeline Tr | 0.09 | 3.37 | 40 |
| 9 | RDGLIN01 | Superstition Ridgeline Tr | Robber's Roost Tr to Fremont Saddle | 0.75 | 4.12 | -124 |
| 10 | GERCAV03 | Geronimo Cave Tr (233) | Fremont Saddle to Pinyon Tree Tr | 0.15 | 4.27 | 40 |
| 11 | GERCAV02 | Geronimo Cave Tr (233) | Pinyon Tree Tr to Geronimo Cave | 0.67 | 4.95 | -112 |
| 12 | GERCAV01 | Geronimo Cave Tr (233) | Geronimo Cave to Bluff Spring Tr | 1.07 | 6.01 | -717 |
| 13 | BLUFSP01 | Bluff Spring Tr (235) | Geronimo Cave Tr to Dutchman's Tr | 0.68 | 6.69 | -504 |
| 14 | DTCHMN01 | Dutchman's Tr (104) | Bluff Spring Tr to Peralta TH | 0.05 | 6.75 | -13 |
| 15 | EPRLTR01 | E Peralta Rd | Peralta TH to Peralta TH Alt parking | 0.60 | 7.35 | -126 |