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| Hiking | 3.68 Miles |
2,182 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.68 Miles | 4 Hrs 52 Mns | | 1.45 mph |
| 2,182 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Jim was interested in summiting Newman and I was interested in a return trip. With Sunday off after a long work week that ended around midnight Saturday night, I was ready to get back outside. But it made for a late start on a warm day. We took a leisurely pace up, and stayed to the right of the gully the entire way. Winter rains have made everything incredibly green. There was grass everywhere, and I found it more comforting to hike on the driest, sun-exposed slopes.
Don't know if this peak is visited as rarely as it seems or if people just don't sign the register. There were only 4 entries since my last visit just over 2 years ago!
For the trip down, I opted for a new route, out to the east a bit. I wanted to check out the big water tanks I had seen on the way up. Looks to be just the remains of an older and unmaintained system now. From there we went down a nice ridge before cutting the corner a bit back toward the road, opting to stay above the wash that would have led directly to the truck.
It could be the last couple of miles of rough dirt road, or maybe the State Trust permit required to access the area, but this is a really fun mountain and it gets relatively little use for how close it is to the 5 million people in Phoenix and Tucson. |
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| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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