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| partners | | Beginning around 1891(the year that local resident-Joseph Boyer registered his official cattle brand in Globe,AZ), the Boyer Cabin Complex became the site of a large working ranch. The isolated location of this ranch, below Thompson Mesa in a canyon bottom riparian area, surrounded by huge old shade trees, and bordering the Salome Wilderness boundary, confirms what hardy people these early ranchers were.
I first visited this remote area in March'08 with topohiker. Prior to this day trip we had found very little documented information on what this published 11 mile Boyer Cabin Trail#148 had to offer and even less regarding the rich history and scenic beauty of this remote Salome Wilderness- Boyer Ranch location. On March 15, 2008, we managed to turn our day hike on this Boyer Cabin Trail#148 from an 11 mile published round trip to a challenging 12.5 mile/7.5 hour route finding experience (from its TH start across from the Boyer Cabin to its 5.5 mile end at the intersection with the Salome Wilderness- Hells Hole Trail#284). As difficult and challenging as the route finding was this 3/15/08, we did complete the hike and we ended-up with a usable GPS Route as well. I was so impressed with this overall hike and the beauty of this remote area that I soon after completed a detailed HAZ hike description to share with all.
I much wanted to return on a full day trip to capture the rich history of the Boyer Ranch in pics, and also to do some hike-route verification and documentation to: 1) Complete and post GPS Driving Routes to also include a loop driving option, 2)to verify the TH Start location way point and to show this in explanatory pics, 3) to hike the first 1.4mls in on this TR#148 to correct the beginning GPS Route previously posted on HAZ and to also show this now corrected route in explanatory pics; I am now happy to say that with my 3/20 revisit, all these verifications and changes are now completed and updated to our HAZ hike description per my now posted 3/20 pic set with captions and also per my recently posted 3/20/10 GPS Driving and GPS Hiking Routes.
Eric and I had a most enjoyable day revisiting this area on 3/20/10. This was the 3rd or 4th visit for Eric and only my 2nd. This day we also found time to hike another very enjoyable Salome Wilderness area and shorter trail hike which also has its TH Start from the Boyer Cabin area- the Boyer Ridge hike.. http://www.hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=2380 .
Plan a full day of exploration for this area and I guarantee you will not be disappointed!  |
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