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| Hiking | 6.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.20 Miles | 6 Hrs 15 Mns | | 1.55 mph |
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| partners | | Two weeks prior on 12/16, HAZ BEEBEE (Brian) and I had attempted an all day "out and back" hike to summit remote Benchmark Jump Mountain 4878 out-of the Horseshoe Bend TH. For this 12/16 I had unfortunately planned an unanticipated Rambo  south approach route http://hikearizona.com/photo=381383 . A rewarding hike day it was with beautiful weather, and very scenic, but we were disappointed to be so close to our planned summit destination and have a need to turn back for safety reasons http://hikearizona.com/photo=381397 .
Prior-to 12/16 I had pretty much concluded that the alternate east approach route for this mountain would include just too much heavy vegetation bushwhacking and thus just not a good plan.
Fortunately, our HAZ- Oregon Hiker (Larry) who is much better at off-trail route planning than I, was behind the scenes viewing Google Earth, our HAZ Route Manager Topo Overlay Maps, and planning what looked like a very doable east side approach route 
Now with this new route option it didn't take me long to propose a new hike date for a second summit attempt of Jump Mountain 4878  . Larry, Kelly, and I had previously planned a new Sierra Ancha hike adventure for 12/30 contingent on weather conditions. We all concluded that it made better sense to hike at a lower Salt River Canyon elevation for 12/30 than to risk possible ice, snow pack, and mud at higher Sierra Ancha elevations. Brian was of course in on this second planned summit attempt but unfortunately had a last minute business priority that did not allow him to join-in.
Jump Mountain 4878 (..and recommended East side approach route):
..This remote SRC Wild- Bemchmark summit and East side "out and back" approach route (with a loop option) are all winners and highly recommended for those qualified for this type of off-trail hike;
..I recommend viewing our geocoded picsets, pic captions, & tag notes for all this hike has to offer;
..From the PHX areas, it's a long driving day to hike 6.2 miles R/T, but worth it!  |
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