Tonto Guide Desperate End Tour

[tonyp]

I have seven hikes left for the guidebook [Day and Overnight Hikes in the Tonto National Forest] and I am going to burn some accumulated vacation and get them done in 10 days.
I'll post some of these as events. Some, though, you would really have no realistic shot at meeting up with me.
I have a plan, but its' still rough, and I am open to suggestions and/or participation.

My 11 year old son may be with me for all or part of this. He's actually an excellent hiker.

The Itinerary - as of this moment:
Tonto Guidebook End-Run Itinerary

DAY 1
11 June wed
DRIVE to Icehouse CCC recreation area.
HIKE Sixshooter trail 197 3.8 miles south to
Telephone trail west [3miles] to
Icehouse Trail north 3 miles.
[10 miles]
CAMP TBD in area.
{ALT dinner in Globe then DRIVE to Rose Creek CG and CAMP}

DAY 2
12 June Thur
DRIVE to Reynolds TH
HIKE Hell’s Hole #284
[10 miles]
CAMP Rose Creek CG

DAY 3
13 June Fri
DRIVE to Parker Creek TH
HIKE Parker Creek to
Abbey’s Way to
Rim Trail #139 to
Moody Point to
Parker Creek
[13-15 miles]
[NOTE: Abbey’s Way may be cut – decision made on trail.]
CAMP Rose Creek CG

DAY 4
14 June Sat
DRIVE to Hells Gate TH
HIKE Hell’s Gate North to South
[12 miles]
{DRIVE} to Young, then to Hells gate TH
DRIVE to Pine
CAMP Pine TH area
[ALT motel in Pine]
[My wife may meet me in Pine Saturday night - in which case any other folk would be on their own...]

DAY5
15 June Sun
HIKE Oak Springs
[3-5 miles]
DRIVE to Deadman Mesa
CAMP Deadman Mesa

DAY 6
June 16 Mon
HIKE Deadman Mesa Trail to confluence of Fossil Creek and Verde River
[5-8 miles]
CAMP confluence

DAY 7
17 June Tue
Rest
Explore
Swim
CAMP at confluence

DAY 8
18 June Wed
HIKE Verde River trail to Twin Butte TH
Power lines back to Deadman Mesa
[13 miles]
[ALT Deaman Mesa trail back to car. This depends on finding the route to Verde River trail on Tuesday.]
CAMP Deadman Mesa

DAY 9
19 June Thur
Drive to Fossil Spring TH
HIKE Fossil Springs
CAMP Fossil Springs TH OR Verde Hot Springs

DAY 10
20 June Fri
DRIVE Home
Pass out.

[te_wa]

it would be easy to say "never judge a book by its cover" but this particular cover is very well laid out. It seems to me the pages to follow exact the same trend. Az done by one of our own HAZ members and actually gives a shout to HAZ in the acnowledgements section. Thanks To Tony Padegimas for the final knock out blow to all the Falcon Guides out there.