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New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby Sredfield » Mar 30 2011 5:17 pm

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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby coanbru » Mar 30 2011 5:29 pm

Looks like a fun one!

According to TOPO!
507 Miles
93,779 AEG

Maybe good for a long weekend :o
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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby big_load » Mar 30 2011 8:28 pm

coanbru wrote:Looks like a fun one!
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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby RedRoxx44 » Mar 31 2011 5:00 am

He's lucky on the Galiuros route; the first cabin he passed is on Andy Smallhouse's ranch and he does not take kindly to any trespass. It is available to be rented out for about 100.00 a night last I heard.

I went ahead and emailed the folks on the website about the above information--- they may want to contact Andy regarding the published route. The legal way in is via the road to Jackson cabin.
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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby joe bartels » Mar 31 2011 5:29 am

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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby Sredfield » Mar 31 2011 9:09 am

RedRoxx44 wrote:He's lucky on the Galiuros route; the first cabin he passed is on Andy Smallhouse's ranch and he does not take kindly to any trespass. It is available to be rented out for about 100.00 a night last I heard.

I went ahead and emailed the folks on the website about the above information--- they may want to contact Andy regarding the published route. The legal way in is via the road to Jackson cabin.


And as of this coming Saturday the new route up the south side of the Catalinas between Hope Camp and Grass Shack is officially open, or so I hear from NPS.
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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby sirena » Mar 31 2011 10:28 am

@Sredfield
Yes, the new trail through Saguaro officially opens Saturday! So, are you searching for your next thruhike? I've drooled over that SKIT route since he announced it.
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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby John13np » Mar 31 2011 10:32 am

Sredfield wrote:Check this out.
http://www.simblissity.net/skit.shtml



Awesome Photo Journal!
Location: Sierra Vista, Arizona. For now anyways

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Re: New Trail/Route--Sky Island Traverse

Postby Sredfield » Mar 31 2011 10:47 am

Just looked thru the website and journals a bit more. Dang, quite a piece o'work.
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