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| Hiking | 16.57 Miles |
783 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.57 Miles | 6 Hrs 54 Mns | | 2.77 mph |
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| partners | | Last day hike of the weekend started at Joe's Reservoir with about 16.5 miles to the Utah border. Our friend Scott who provided the shuttle help all weekend joined us for the last section. At this point the trail followed the Summit Valley area with pinyon, juniper and even sagebrush making the terrain look more like southern Utah than Arizona. After crossing a flat wide expanse still technically on the Kaibab Plateau we reached the forest boundary leaving Kaibab National Forest and entering BLM land for the remainder of the hike. Another couple of miles and we reached the Winter Road BLM 1025 about 6 miles into the hike which is also the end of AZT #42 and start of AZT #43. There is large AZT sign at the crossing and we took short break as it started to sprinkle a bit. To appease the rain gods we put on pack covers and it seemed to work. Continuing on the trail goes from being almost flat to crossing a series of canyons and small plateaus for the final 10 miles of the day. After crossing the multiple drainages we ended up dropping down into a small canyon that leads to the final descent. About 2.5 miles from the end the trail begins the final descent which is very dramatic considering how flat much of the terrain is before reaching this drop. The trail drops about 1500 feet down to 5000 elevation with very cool views the entire way. The last 1.5 miles is a series of switchbacks heading towards Stateline Camp. Finally arriving about 330 at Stateline we had finished the entire AZT from south to north. Very happy to have the entire trail completed....ending on 4th of July and Kathy received a special surprise at the end...see pics!
I can't thank our friend Scott enough as he helped us with shuttles on about 50% of the AZT sections. Without his help this project would have been much more difficult and taken us much longer to complete. We also had plenty of help from other HAZ'ers friendofThundergod, Sredfield, Paintninaz, tibber, and desertgirl for shuttle, logistics, and moral support. Thanks everyone! |
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