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| Hiking | 28.00 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 28.00 Miles | 12 Hrs 17 Mns | | 2.28 mph |
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| no partners | | I've been wanting to do Mound Mt, but don't have a high clearance vehicle, I elected to hike in from Reavis Ranch trailhead. As near as I can figure, the total was about 28 miles. GPSJoe's advice to stay under the pines for the bushwack was helpful. I found that if I stayed on the West side of the ridge, and down a little, the manzanita weren't so bad. I have no GPS, and did get turned around coming down. There was too much vegetation for visual navigation, and I was going too fast and didn't pay attention. Finally my compass saved me -- I had taken a reading from the top of Mound Mt, and was able to sight back to it and figure out where I had gone awry.
All in all it was a fabulous hike! I started at 06:15, and found the trail easy to follow and hike on throughout. The variety of landscape and vegetation is incredible. The grassy meadows, jagged mountains, lush valleys, the incredible beauty of the Ranch itself.I especially enjoyed the views to the west, of fish creek mt and canyon, white mountain, and lots of others I can't name. No apples this year though  I would definitely say that the view from the top makes the bushwack worth it -- Circlestone doesn't compare on that front. It's getting more crowded up there though: while 200-2005 only averaged 2 groups a year, there have been 3 in each of the last two years! Other than the confusion getting back to Circlestone, my hike down was very nice as well. There was a big group of cowboys at the ranch that gave me some water so I didn't have to pump, and fed me some Churrizo and beans as well. They were all super friendly, but I was amazed at how many empty beer cans they had aquired given that they said they had only been there two days! I hiked hard on the way down to make it while it was still light out (although I had a headlamp and was equipped to spend the night if need be, I wasn't too excited about either one).
I felt pretty good throughout the hike, but when I got out of the car to fill the tank, I just about fell over. I guess that my legs didn't appreciate the very quick finish to a 28 mile hike followed by sitting for two hours. 
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