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| Hiking | 2.68 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 2.68 Miles | 2 Hrs 40 Mns | | 2.01 mph |
| 1,177 ft AEG | 1 Hour 20 Mns Break | 12 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Lutz Canyon – Trail #104
On a return trip from Bisbee to Sierra Vista in the mid-afternoon, I decided to break-off on Ash Canyon Road and make way up the grade to the Lutz Canyon TH in the mighty Huachucas... Even though this would be an abbreviated outing at best, I needed to get OUT & UP – so I decided to make a 1000' leisurely elevation gain my goal, as I had to be home by 6:00 pm +/- to clean up for a 7:00 dinner meeting.
It was of great interest to observe the beginnings of burn recovery from the fire of June 2011. The young Manzanita saplings were enforce by the tens of thousands throughout! There was evidence of growth everywhere! This is a much more encouraging area to hike than Ash Canyon itself to the south a bit, which was completely devastated – making the route up Bob Thompson Peak more trying from the lower portions up to the ridge line – as it is a moonscape at best. Ash Canyon itself is also completely exposed – its canopy gone for decades to come. So it goes...
Lutz is listed as one of the 100 hikes of AZ by some. As I neared the 7000' level I could begin to see why, as the switchbacks visible ahead were classic Huachuca mining route 'pumpkin kickers' that take a 1000' FPM trail and turned it into a 'real ascent' with a ridge run finale up top to make the spine of the range – just beautiful! The mining ruins above my turnaround point, and the tunnel are well documented, possibly accounting for the status of this hike – the views were outstanding throughout and are surely even more amazing in the upper elevations of Lutz Canyon. Worthy of further investigation to be sure.  |
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