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| Saddle Mountain Loop w/ Summit, AZ | |
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Saddle Mountain Loop w/ Summit, AZ
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| Hiking | 8.96 Miles |
2,559 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.96 Miles | 4 Hrs 38 Mns | | 2.34 mph |
| 2,559 ft AEG | 48 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Saddle Mountain has been on my "to do" list for quite some time now. Every time I do Mount Ord I look across and think "I need to do that one". Somehow it never pops up on my radar but yesterday we were all sitting on Stewart Mountain and there it was again off in the distance. So today was the day. I took a copy of GPS Joes Saddle Mountain hike in which he goes down to Sheep Creek.
I had plotted a route up and was going to take that ridge on the way back from Joe's hike but instead I just went at it from the north. I don't know if this was the best plan or not but it worked. There was some pretty decent scrambling involved so if that's not your thing I would take a different approach.
Up top it was extremely brushy in most spots. I didn't find a register but I did spot the benchmark. Once up top I decided to go down the saddle and then up the horn side. For a minute I thought I found the register there but no such luck.
From that end I was looking down into Potato Patch and the views from there were incredible. I could see the lakes but couldn't pin point Stewart Mountain.
From there I just descended down towards the trail. It was again very brushy. I heard a noise and when I looked up I saw a couple white tail deer.
I am glad I did this one and the loop ended up being really cool. If your desire is just to summit then there are much easier ways to do so. If you have the time and are up for an adventure this route may be for you. |
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