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| no partners | | Started from Mills Ridge TH where we ended a past day hike from the Lake, and made our way to Sunflower where we left a car. First day was the climb up with great views of the Lake behind us. Everything is so green right now, and lots of flowers! Past the flowing Buckhorn Creek we came across a tent city where the conservation corp crew had set up camp, and we came across the crew a few miles later and thanked them for all the work clearing the trail. Shortly after we passed them the trail did get a little overgrown and I managed to get some nice custom AZT pin-stripes on my legs since I was wearing shorts (lesson learned). The views of the north side of four peaks were awesome. Ended our day just before Shake Spring (also flowing very well) since it was one of the only places we found that worked for setting up two tents. We filtered some yummy clear water from the flowing spring.
The next day was mostly road walking once we reached Pigeon Spring TH. We did not see water at Pigeon Spring. We did do a water drop at El Oso Road, so we picked up our water for the remainder of the trip. We came across more water at Boulder Creek (several times), and soaked our feet for a while for a nice break. Started looking for camp spots after that and finally found a spot just past the gate at passage mile 13.2. The frogs in Boulder Creek serenaded us as the sun set.
Day three was the drop down to more desert like terrain on the way to Sunflower. Lots of water in Sycamore Creek. The wildflowers started to show themselves again. Another lovely weekend on the AZT. |
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