Munds Mountain ridge
— — the long red shoulder above the highway.
Not only on a wall.
“The long red ridge that runs along the east side of Sedona, the back wall of Bear Wallow Canyon. Schnebly Hill Road climbs the saddle below it, an old wagon road that still rattles modern axles. Up on the rim, the sandstone weathers into shelves and hoodoos in the same Schnebly Hill formation that gives Sedona its colour. The wilderness on top is quiet. The town below is anything but.
Munds Mountain ridge, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Munds Mountain rises to roughly 6,825 feet (2,080 m) east of Sedona, Arizona, the high point of the Munds Mountain Wilderness inside the Coconino National Forest. The 24,411-acre wilderness was designated in 1984 and protects a broad band of red-rock terrain between Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon, and Interstate 17. The ridge forms the south wall of Bear Wallow Canyon and is accessed primarily by the historic Schnebly Hill Road, a high-clearance route that climbs from the canyon floor toward the rim. The exposed rock is the Permian-age Schnebly Hill Formation that gives the Sedona basin its deep red.
The Schnebly Hill Formation is the red sandstone that defines this part of the Colorado Plateau. The unit weathers along bedding planes into the broad ledges, slot ribs, and capped pillars that read as Sedona's signature silhouette. Above it, gray-white Coconino Sandstone caps the highest exposures and gives the ridges a banded look at sunset. The mountain's name comes from the Munds family, late-1800s cattle ranchers who moved stock between Flagstaff and the Verde Valley along the road that still bears the name of Theodore Schnebly.
Schnebly Hill Road is open seasonally and requires a high-clearance vehicle; the lower section is signed as a Red Rock Pass area and the pass is sold at Sedona ranger stations and trailhead kiosks. The Munds Mountain Trail climbs about 1,200 feet to the saddle and continues to the summit shelf for a sweeping view back over Sedona. The wilderness is closed to bicycles and motor vehicles, and the trail can be dusty, exposed, and hot from late spring through early fall. Early morning is the practical visit window.