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| Hiking | 15.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 15.20 Miles | 10 Hrs | | 1.74 mph |
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| no partners | | Solo Hog Hell Ridge of Death is what I call this trip. Actually this would/will be a good hike next time if there is a next time. Navigation issues as well as weather had a big part in the 'hell' & 'death' parts of my title.
First off, the weather report was iffy calling for cooler temps with possibility of showers with blowing dust in the afternoon 'possible'. What could go wrong?
I'm not really set up for dealing with rain. I have one flimsy rain/windbreaker jacket (I grew up in San Diego/ we didn't have rain). So of course it did rain lightly intermittently in the morning hours then blew dust all afternoon. On the positive, the temps were cooler.
I started this hike from the Mining Camp restaurant parking lot(free parking for hikers) in a counter-clockwise direction, so I could get the flatter section in the valley over with and head straight to the car after descending siphon draw. Very pleasant on Jacob's crosscut, then light/moderate bushwhacking approaching hog canyon and up the canyon to the waterfall area (just stay in the middle of the drainage until you reach the waterfall area).
Attention: If using a GPS don't rely solely on that. Keep your eyes open as well. Like an idiot, I was so focused on my GPS that I missed the waterfall completely passing by (its on your left heading up) I then realized that if you put your iPhone in airplane mode, the Gaia GPS app won't work. Duh..!!! The bushwhacking past waterfall area is heavy (that's when I decided I needed to buy hiking pants). I was wondering why it seemed like I was not moving very far on GPS. After about 1/3 mile past the turn off I figured it out, then backtracked.
The route I took was very close to that of Hansenaz's track. Basically, from the base of the waterfall I went straight up the steep scree hill to the right of the waterfall and kept heading around the bend to the right until I found a 'safe' scramble to the peak of ridge. From that point, it's fairly decent, uphill travelling (unless your inhaling dust from a duststorm). Hog ridge takes you all the way up and intersects with the Superstition ridgeline trail basically just northwest of Peak 4869 which I now call Hog Peak. I felt reassured after reaching the ridgeline. I still had a long hike to get back, but it was familiar terrain. |
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