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| Hiking | 4.50 Miles |
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| no partners | | Officially, Stoneridge Peak on the USGS Maps is "Unnamed 6542'" .... Stoneridge Golf Community, Prescott Valley, is located to its north. This ridgeline has 4 prominent hill profiles and is a textbook "ridgeline hike" with summit bag. This peak is the most prominent peak view for the Town of Prescott Valley (aside from Glassford Hill, but thats not a peak). You cant look south from anywhere in PV and not see this pointy peak.
Once on the first bump there is a barbed wire fence line with a trail running along its east perimeter. This is private property. Prescott National Forest is on the west side of this fence line. My hike partner thoroughly enjoyed the trail until it petered out. Hike partner said "This is by far one of the best hikes he has been on in the Prescott area". He enjoyed the ridging it; the lack of any crazy bushwackyness; no people; close to home; and awesome views.
I would compare the ridge portion comparable to Apache Peak in the Whetstones. Complete with Shin Daggers above 6300' (but not that many).
I knew going in that we were going to be bisecting private property so therefore, will not use my route for the official route description (coming soon). But I wanted to experience the full north ridgeline traverse to its summit. This peak can be accessed via the new Green Gulch Trailhead from Dewey and bagged and tagged with Sun Devil Peak and/or Bear Down Mountain. Or accessed from the northwest to the ridgeline.
We bumped into two of the property owners ranch hands on the way down. The guys were servicing the fence and wanted us to be clear that we were on "private property" and the west side of the fence was not. Ok.
The third bump was a rock climb. Nothing scary. Hike partner was loving the scramble.
There were four entries in the summit register which was more or less a geocache. I did not have a pen, so will have to comeback again but via a different approach.
Video from summit: [ youtube video ] |
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