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| Hiking | 7.49 Miles |
2,376 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.49 Miles | 6 Hrs 16 Mns | | 1.60 mph |
| 2,376 ft AEG | 1 Hour 35 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | The loop described here involved off trail bushwhacking for about half the time. We got the idea for this from one of AZhiker456 triplogs about a much bigger loop out of General Hitchcock CG which involved off-trail climbs of Green Mountain and Guthrie Mountain in one day. Well, it took my little group two days. The first was a climb from the CG to Green Mtn, reported earlier (we later did a variant of that hike, bushwhacking to Green from Bear Saddle).
On this day, we decided to tackle the lower loop from the Bear Canyon Picnic Area (about half mile before the Gen Hitchcock CG on Catalina Hwy) up to two unnamed peaks, 6810 and 6790, and across the undulating ridge to Guthrie. We actually intersected the trail from Bear Saddle about half mile from the mountain and followed it up. From Guthrie, we followed the trail back down to the CG.
The ridge is, shall we say, sweet for the first mile or so (to use the description of AZhiker 456), and horrible (to use my description for the last 1/3 of the way because of constant and annoying thorny bushes). She did the thorny part first since she went clockwise on her loop. I think a better way to experience/see the beautiful ridge (if doing counterclockwise) is to close this loop sooner by dropping down to the Bear Canyon after the thorns get back and calling it a day. If one really wanted to bag Guthrie, they could turn up canyon once reaching the canyon trail #21.
All in all, it was a great day with good breeze and a different perspective on views of Guthrie and Green Mountains and territory to the south. There are great views of the San Pedro valley from Guthrie. |
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