New River Mesa & Black Mesa Photoset • mazatzal • 2012-02-19 • HikeArizona.COM

New River Mesa & Black Mesa, AZ

	2012-02-19
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New River Mesa & Black Mesa, AZ

Hiking	14.00 Miles	1,980 AEG

Hiking	14.00 Miles	6 Hrs 30 Mns	2.58 mph
	1,980 ft AEG	1 Hour 5 Mns Break

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New River Mesa

Black Mesa - Cave Creek

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Took FR17 along New River Mesa and off trail for 2 miles to NRM summit and then across a saddle and up onto Black Mesa.

As I descended down to the saddle I was quite surprised to come across a cairned route - who knew? On the way back I followed the cairns up onto the Mesa and sure enough ended back on FR 17 just a few hundred yards further along than where I left it earlier.

Saw a few petroglyphs, two inscriptions, two javelina (too far away in the picture), and what I'm assuming is a rain gauge.

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[ checklist ] Benchmark Inscriptions

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[ checklist ] Black Mesa New River Mesa New River Mountains

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