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Sheep Tank - Pinaleno Mtns, AZ

	2012-03-17
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Sheep Tank - Pinaleno Mtns

Tucson, AZ

Sheep Tank - Pinaleno Mtns

Tucson, AZ

Hiking	5.85 Miles	550 AEG

Hiking	5.85 Miles	3 Hrs 1 Min	2.39 mph
	550 ft AEG	34 Mns Break

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fricknaley's recent triplog full of stories about skittish cows and poppies convinced me to revisit this area before the coming storms move in. Still high from my yesterday prehistoric finds by Roper Lake, I decided to make this a loop hike and off-trail up to and across the eastern mesa looking for Indian ruins. No prehistoric ruins on the mesa, but I did find some old CCC water diversion check dams which was pretty cool! I then climbed down off the mesa to Sheep Tank and took the road/trail back to the start completing a nice loop. Still no rattlesnake or gila monster encounters this year, but I did come across 2 young gopher snakes and 1 horned lizard. There were also some good patches of wildflowers along the way (especially on the mesa). Fun afternoon in my backyard!!!

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Gopher Snake Horned Lizard

Wildflowers Observation Moderate

	Sheep Tank	1-25% full	1-25% full
	Lower half is bone dry, upper half is very low and very hard to access through the thick vegetation.

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