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

Secret Mountain Trail #109, AZ

	2017-05-27
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Secret Mountain Trail #109

Sedona, AZ

Secret Mountain Trail #109

Sedona, AZ

Backpack	16.13 Miles	3,078 AEG

Backpack	16.13 Miles	2 Days
	3,078 ft AEG

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JoelHazelton

Fun overnight on Secret Mountain. Carried more beer than water, finished the beer, but only 4 liters of water.

Met a Polish woman on the way in looking for Sedona views. She was a strong hiker and I took her to the overlook and she shared her extra margarita with me!

Later I met up with Karl and we ventured to the end of the maintained trail which is generally in outstanding shape but just ends abruptly earlier than you would expect. We pushed through a wall of manzanita looking for an old route to an ultimate viewpoint but came up empty.

Next we fought some manzy for a short stretch to get out onto a ridge that juts out into Boynton Canyon. This was a highlight.

Later we met up with Joel at camp and enjoyed a pleasant evening by the fire with a stunning display of stars.

It was breezy overnight but the hike out in the morning was just about perfect. Holiday weekend and we only saw four others on the trail. My kind of hike!

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Boynton Canyon Concrete Tank Little Round Mountain Long Canyon Loy Canyon Masonry Tank Secret Canyon South Pocket

	Concrete Tank	26-50% full	26-50% full
	Skunky looking

	Johnson Tank	1-25% full	1-25% full

	Masonry Tank	1-25% full	1-25% full

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