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Hike length

Posted: Dec 05 2008 6:49 am
by casadblu
Does anyone know how far it is if you take the second water trail and connect with the black mesa trail and then to the lost dutchman trail and back to the parking lot?

Re: Hike length

Posted: Dec 05 2008 8:24 am
by Grasshopper
I think this is the HAZ hike writeup... http://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=11 ( a 9 mile loop hike).

Re: Hike length

Posted: Dec 05 2008 3:59 pm
by azdesertfather
Yep, it's called on HAZ the "Black Mesa Loop"...if you don't add to it, it's 9...just did i this morning in fact ;)

Re: Hike length

Posted: Dec 05 2008 7:57 pm
by big_load
I do that one every couple years. It's a great quick getaway kind of hike.

Re: Hike length

Posted: Dec 05 2008 10:14 pm
by azdesertfather
big_load wrote:I do that one every couple years. It's a great quick getaway kind of hike.
actually, it's not the most interesting hike for the most part...I enjoy the Dutchman more beyond this loop, although coming south down the canyon toward the Dutchman intersection is kind of nice.

First Water is such a huge gateway hike that I sometimes think I could do that part in my sleep :o