Secret Mountain Trail #109 Photoset • BiFrost • 2017-05-27 • HikeArizona.COM

Secret Mountain Trail #109, AZ

	2017-05-27
	23 by BiFrost

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Secret Mountain Trail #109

Sedona, AZ

Secret Mountain Trail #109

Sedona, AZ

Backpack	15.34 Miles	2,980 AEG

Backpack	15.34 Miles	2 Days
	2,980 ft AEG

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Memorial Day weekend and I headed up to Secret Mountain meeting up with Chumley and Joel. Car campers were out in force as expected all along the forest service roads but as I got closer to the trail head the crowds thinned out. Very few others near the trail head and we only saw 4 people on the trail in two days. I hiked in about 4.5 miles meeting up with Chumley near Boynton Canyon overlook area.

After finding camp spot Chumley and I decided to explore the rest of Secret Mountain and went to where the trail ends. Our goal was to continue on to a point overlook but the manzanita was so thick we scratched that idea. Nice views along the trail about 3 miles or so from where we camped. Closer to camp we hiked/scrambled out to another point that provided great views of Boynton Canyon and steep cliffs all around.

Stayed one night and then next morning hiked back out to Secret Mountain trail head. Short hike but well worth the views and easy hiking through some great pine forest scenery.

	Concrete Tank	26-50% full	26-50% full
	large pool behind the concrete dam

	Masonry Tank	1-25% full	1-25% full
	small pools

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