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| | Backpack | 8.50 Miles | 3 Hrs 30 Mns | | 2.43 mph |
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| no partners | | Always a pleasure hiking up to Reavis from 109N, nice easy grade, clear views, trail not terribly rocky. Headed up after work to meet up with a group who had hiked up earlier in the day. Arrived at the trailhead around 6:30 pm and hiked until sunset, enjoying a spectacular sunset across the western Superstitions. Switched on the headlamp about halfway up to Castle Dome and startled a family of about 5 deer shortly after the turnoff towards Reavis Falls. It was eerily calm on Windy Pass and the bright lights to the south of mining operations or whatever that is down there looking south-west-ish past Cimarron (is that Superior?) was creepy. Never having done the trail after dark I never realized all that development was just sitting there on the horizon. Even more surprising was the glow coming from Phoenix to the west. When I thought the sun should have been well set, it was still there and only when I rounded the corner into Reavis Valley did it finally get blocked from view. The excitement from the hike came from a coyote I could hear howling in the distance coming around the bend to the junction with Frog Tanks. Based on his original position and my trajectory, and the immediacy of a subsequent howl from immediately to my right as I came up to the Frog Tanks junction, it seemed me must have come up for a closer look. Gave me quite a startle, and a good laugh.  (Where were my snipe hunting sticks when I needed them?) Fortunately, my friends had camped where I had suggested and when I arrived at the old ranch foundation around 10ish, they shone their lights in my direction enabling me to easily find them in the dark. |
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