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West Pinto Trail #212 - Superstitions, AZ

	2013-04-16
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West Pinto Trail #212 - Superstitions

Globe, AZ

West Pinto Trail #212 - Superstitions

Globe, AZ

Hiking	8.00 Miles

Hiking	8.00 Miles

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Tuesday already? Gotta get on the trail then. This week we hiked the first 4 miles of the West Pinto Trail (from the east end) and back. Trail is in very good condition and offers some peaceful hiking along a babbling brook. We turned north when we reached the intersection with the Campaign Trail, only to find our path blocked by an Arizona Black Rattlesnake. It so "rattled" our lead hiker when she stepped very close to it before noticing and hearing it rattle, that she wouldn't continue (see photos). So we returned to the West Pinto Trail to continue our hike (the Campaign Trail was much more overgrown than the Pinto Trail). We spotted some Arizona Grape/Canyon Grape vines and young fruit along the trail - again a new discovery for me (see photos). All-in-all a great and exciting day in HAZ country.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Arizona Sycamore Cliff Fendlerbush

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Arizona Black Rattlesnake Nais Metalmark

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Pioneer Industry Wooden Dwelling

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Kennedy Ranch West Fork Pinto Creek

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To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. -- Publius Cornelius Tacitus (56 AD – 117 AD)

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