Packard Parsons Loop Photoset • chumley • 2015-11-21 • HikeArizona.COM

Packard Parsons Loop, AZ

	2015-11-21
	30 by chumley

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Packard Parsons Loop, AZ

Hiking	15.23 Miles	2,762 AEG

Hiking	15.23 Miles	7 Hrs 41 Mns	2.45 mph
	2,762 ft AEG	1 Hour 28 Mns Break

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Packard Trail #66

Parsons Trail #144

Partners

partners

	BiFrost	John9L
	Tough_Boots

This is four hikes in one. Only the boulder hop gets a little bit old, but even that isn't a big deal, and connects 3 other gems. The variety on one hike is awesome.

Perfect weather today, not over 65 on the plateau, and downright chilly in the shaded canyon bottom. Then we turned a corner and the sun warmed things up again.

A range of foliage colors from some cottonwoods that had lost all their leaves to some that were still green. Plenty of yellows that were prime. Absolutely no reds. A few sycamores were nice, but most were rusty.

With 5.5 hours and 11.5 hours as the two previous trip times, I wasn't sure how long it would take. Probably should have slept an hour later this morning. Oh well.

I could see myself exploring more of this side of the wilderness on future visits.

Autumn Foliage Observation Moderate

	Parsons Spring	Gallon + per minute	Gallon + per minute
	No real spring source. Just slowly water appears and eventually it's running nicely. Clear and cool.

	Summers Spring	Gallon + per minute	Gallon + per minute
	Not sure about the spring itself but plenty of water here in the mainstem as always

Sycamore Canyon

Medium flow

Sycamore Creek

Medium flow

	Sycamore Tank	26-50% full	26-50% full
	Some water but not nearly as full as it could be

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