| |
|
| | |
|
| Hiking | 11.30 Miles |
2,357 AEG |
| | Hiking | 11.30 Miles | 6 Hrs 15 Mns | | 1.81 mph |
| 2,357 ft AEG | | | | |
|
|
| |
| Partners |
|
[ show ]
| partners | | Stefan was supposed to join me and Wally for this hike since he’s moved back to AZ from Seattle, but he had a last minute home improvement emergency come up the day before.
The wildlife spotting started out pretty good on this hike as before we even got to the TH, we saw a flock of turkeys on 288 about a mile south of our starting point. We started from the Reynolds TH off 288 and hiked the Hell’s Hole Trail in and then took the Boyer Trail for about 2.5 more miles before we stopped, ate lunch and headed back. The Hell’s Hole Trail seems to be the busiest trail in this area, likely due to the camping area by the stream at the bottom. It seems to have shades of Fossil Springs, as the trail seems to always have some amount of litter on it. We saw 2 groups of overnighters hiking their way out. In addition to the litter, someone actually left a long sleeved camo shirt on the trail. Wally decided to remove that on our way out.
The Boyer Cabin Trail is actually a very nice trail. From the junction, there is a nice stand of ponderosas. Towards the beginning there was what looked like a cattle tank, followed by a corral. The trail is fairly level and then starts to gradually decline. As it declined, we saw about 2 doe. Then the trail gets much steeper as it makes its way thru a steep gorge. The hike out of the gorge was pretty rough, but at the top of that is a gorgeous meadow, that gives some really amazing views of the area to the east, as well as Four Peaks and the eastern Supes ahead of you. The only drawback for me was my allergies, and I tended to sneeze a lot thru this area. The trail descends thru another gorge and makes its way up to a saddle with another meadow that we could see. We decided to have lunch just past the first meadow in a small shady spot and head back. I’ll have to try to finish this trail one day from the other end once I get some new tires, as my current ones are over 5 years old with 40K+ miles on them.
The temperature was a little warm, but still very comfortable the whole time. The whole hike seemed almost too easy, I felt like we should have maybe done a little bit more before we headed back. On the ride home along 288, everything is still very green from all the monsoons and recent rain. Always a very pleasant trip out to this area. |
| _____________________
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Route Editor
Route Scout
