Redington Pass - AZT #10 Photoset • BiFrost • 2014-12-26 • HikeArizona.COM

Redington Pass - AZT #10, AZ

	2014-12-26
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Redington Pass - AZT #10

Tucson, AZ

Redington Pass - AZT #10

Tucson, AZ

Hiking	16.01 Miles	2,909 AEG

Hiking	16.01 Miles	7 Hrs 20 Mns	2.57 mph
	2,909 ft AEG	1 Hour 6 Mns Break

Linked

linked

Bellota Trail #15

Molino Basin Trail #11

Italian Spring Trail #95

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slowandsteady

The original plan was to hike Oracle Ridge AZT section but snow the night before made Redington Pass a better option. First the drive to the start which is down a nasty dirt road to Italian Trap. A friend dropped us off there and then hiked the first 2 miles with us to where it crosses Redington Road. We parted ways there and headed across the rolling hills of Redington Pass.

With all the snow and rain the night before every drainage had some water. Area of The Lake near Belota Ranch Road had many flowing drainages all the way to the Agua Caliente crossing which was also flowing strong. Then the trail connects with an old road and heads over to La Milagrosa creek which also had good water. From there the trail heads up with the first significant climb of the day that tops out on a saddle over looking Molino Basin and Catalina Highway. We took a nice break here after the long climb.

After the break we headed down the switch backs to Molino Basin and crossing the highway to the campground. Again more water in Molino Basin area and then hiked up the last hill to Hirabayashi TH. A bit cold and windy but otherwise great hike and section of AZT!

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Agua Caliente Hill Molino Basin The Lake West Spring

	The Lake	51-75% full	51-75% full
	clear water flowing into the lake

	Upper Molino Creek	Medium flow	Medium flow
	good flow from recent rain and snow melt

	West Fork Molino Creek	Light flow	Light flow
	from recent rain and snow melt

	West Spring	Gallon per minute	Gallon per minute
	water flowing in the creek and spring area

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