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| | Hiking | 4.00 Miles | 2 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.60 mph |
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| no partners | | 8 hours of driving and 6 hours of hiking in the White Mountains near Springerville --- fantastic!
Skippy and I arrived at the Mexican Hay Lake trail head after a quick stop at the Apache Vista Trail http://hikearizona.com/photocodeZOOM.php?ID=3874. Almost immediately across SR261 from the Vista parking lot is FR8110 (no longer marked FR70B per the HAZ hike description directions). FR8110 joins FR 8070B in about 1/4 mile after you pass through a gate.
The forest road drops down the slope of a knoll to Mexican Hay Lake. As we progressed closer to the lake, the road became extremely rutted and muddy. We elected to back the truck to solid ground and walked in from here.
After about an hour on the trail, a mid-afternoon monsoon began to threaten us so we turned back. We arrived at the truck just as the deluge began. By the time we exited the forest road and onto SR261, the rain stopped.
On to Big Lake!
My trusty GPS had "failure-to-launch" today. I'm afraid it may be in permanent sick bay. Too bad, it's been a hiking mainstay for me...
Also encountered a major delay on the return home on SR60 about 20 miles east of Show Low as a roll-over during a monsoon shower required a helicopter to land on the highway to emergency airlift the injured to the nearest hospital. Hope everyone is ok... |
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