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| Hiking | 6.70 Miles |
1,183 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.70 Miles | 26 Hrs | | 0.26 mph |
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| no partners | | This is from an easy overnighter I did on the Horton Creek trail in October. My dog and I hit the trail around 10 AM on a Sunday. On our way in, we saw lots of great fall color and quite a few backpackers on their way out. After some lazy and pleasant hiking, we reached Horton Spring in the early afternoon, so I decided to keep on hiking East along the Highline trail for awhile. While there were lots of people on the Horton Creek trail, this trail was empty. It too had quite a bit of fall color. After about 1.5 miles, I turned around and headed back to Horton Spring where I filtered some water and made camp for the night. When I was filtering water, a lady was fairly aghast I was planning to drink the water. I couldn't help but think to myself that the water from Horton Spring is probably cleaner than my local tap water though. Anyway, after a semi-difficult night of sleeping due to the ridiculously bright moon (oh what a trouble! haha), I woke up early the next morning, packed up in the dark, and was on the trail shortly after first light. I saw no one on the hike back to my car, perhaps because it was a Monday morning. It didn't seem like that cold of a night/morning, but my car said it was 30 degrees when I reached it.
The Horton Creek trail really is a rarity in Arizona - a pretty easy hike along a constantly flowing creek, shaded by pines almost the whole way. It's easy to see why it's so popular. I probably took too many photos, but everything was just so pretty! |
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