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| Hiking | 2.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 2.20 Miles | 45 Mns | | 2.93 mph |
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| no partners | | Hike #2 of the day was definitely the easiest. We parked at a nice little picnic area just off of the Coronado Trail. Tanya decided to nap while I tangled with Rose Peak, so I rolled solo for this one.
Short, very easy. Just followed the rarely used old fire road to the top. It started in the nice, shady forest, but wrapped around to the east and then south side of the peak, blasting sunlight on me for the remainder of the hike. Topped out at 8,700'+, so the sun didn't feel as terrible as expected. It looks as if it's been awhile since anyone drove this road. Tall grasses and weeds told a story of an active monsoon season here.
Got to the top and it was empty, quiet, and looked like it had been that way for awhile. Cobwebs covered many of the door handles on the cabin and bathrooms up top. Quite the panoramic view from the top of the first set of stairs on the lookout tower (didn't go up or try to go any higher). Looked back up towards the rim and towards Blue Peak, objective #3 for the day. Saw a massive black thunderhead bearing down on me that I couldn't see while I was on the south side of the peak, so that put a charge in my step heading back. Tanya's nap was unsuccessful, but Rincon found a deer carcass near the picnic tables. There may have been a relationship between those two events. |
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