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| Apache Wash Loop Sororan Preserve N, AZ | |
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Apache Wash Loop Sororan Preserve N, AZ
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| Hiking | 6.10 Miles |
168 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.10 Miles | 3 Hrs 30 Mns | | 2.36 mph |
| 168 ft AEG | 55 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Apache Wash Loop, Phoenix Sonoran Preserve, North
January 9, 2014
The elevation was 1,700’ at the trailhead.
I hiked west .3 miles on the Ocotillo Trail to the Apache Wash Trail,
then north .3 miles; then walked along the Sidewinder trail;
I should have gone another .5 miles to the highest segment of the Trail.
This portion of the hike climbs 170 feet in .8 miles starting at mile post 1.2
and 275 feet in .9 miles starting at mile 2.3.
The descents did not seem to be as bad as the ascents.
On the descent from the hilltop, I walked the old jeep road as an alternate path
for the switching from the Sidewinder Trail to the Ocotillo Trail.
I then followed the Ocotillo Trail back to the trailhead.
I returned on January 17, 2014. East of the trailhead parking area I observed a couple of hot air balloons at low altitude. I commended the hike, more balloons floated westward, keeping relatively low but high enough to skip over these hills. I have attached tdhree photos. |
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