Government Trail #119 Photoset • Tortoise_Hiker • 2016-09-24 • HikeArizona.COM

Government Trail #119, AZ

	2016-09-24
	15 by Tortoise_Hiker

Government Trail #119

Alpine, AZ

Government Trail #119

Alpine, AZ

Hiking	8.00 Miles	2,100 AEG

Hiking	8.00 Miles
	2,100 ft AEG

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Escudilla Trail

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I had some friends meeting me on this one. I went up Government and they would go up Escudilla. Government trail is in rough shape. I needed the gps for sure. The sign for the turn off the road is on a tree a ways off the road. Easy to miss. As you go up it gets harder and harder to follow. You have lots of down trees to navigate and the young Aspen are thick in places so you have to push through. Then there are washouts too. Close to the top you have lots of extra trails and it can be confusing. Once you hit the field of grass up top your fine. Although the sign is just a stick left with no writing.

Dead Aspen every where!
I took Escudilla up to the Fire Tower which is still standing but fenced off. Great views of dead trees and stuff. About a 1/4 mile before the tower I saw 3 buck. They were big! From the tower I went over to the summit and signed in. A tree had fallen on the big rock carin :scared:

. I was headed back and a ways below the tower and my friends showed up. I hiked with them back to the tower then back to their car to catch a ride to mine. From there it was off to Eager to get a burger at Trail Riders Restaurant. It's in my Boots and Burgers book for another hike so I worked it in

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Great hike, company, and burger. :y:

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