Bluff Spring Mountain Loop Photoset • JasonCleghorn • 2015-05-30 • HikeArizona.COM

Bluff Spring Mountain Loop, AZ

	2015-05-30
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Bluff Spring Mountain Loop

Phoenix, AZ

Bluff Spring Mountain Loop

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	7.05 Miles	1,713 AEG

Hiking	7.05 Miles	3 Hrs 12 Mns		2.53 mph
	1,713 ft AEG	25 Mns Break	15 LBS Pack

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Bluff Spring Loop & Weaver's View

Terrapin Trail #234

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For the second time in my ~40 years, I stepped on a rattlesnake and lived to tell the tale. I had just jumped off a rock outcrop onto a slick rock wash area with fetid water beside it. I saw a commotion and the western diamondback I stepped on jumped into the pooled water, dropped the bird it had in its mouth and crawled back out and coiled up. Even this agitated, it never rattled once.

The good: More Weaver's Needle views, which I could stare at for days. Any time in the Supes is good. Saw a rattlesnake.
The bad: Stepped on said rattlesnake...
The ugly: Terrapin Trail. It is terrible and probably the last time I ever take it. Catsclaw acacia, almost no scenic views, etc. Although it did provide me a rattlesnake and gila monster last month...

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Century Plant Prickly Pear Saguaro

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Geology

Geology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] HooDoo

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Barkley Basin Dacite Cliffs Weavers Needle