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| no partners | | On National Trails Day I joined up with a Phoenix-based Meetup group that was on a three-day weekend outing in Ramsey Canyon. Our group of 16 started hiking at the Nature Conservancy's Ramsey Canyon Preserve at 9am. Access to the Hamburg Trail is via the interpretative trail behind the visitor center where the "Ramsey Canyon Trail" meanders along Ramsey Creek under a canopy of huge lush-green trees. One sycamore in particular dates back to the 1700's. After 700 feet of elevation gain the Hamburg Trail topped out at the "Overlook" at 6,200' before dropping back down to the creek near a small waterfall in the Miller Peak Wilderness. We began climbing again and followed the Hamburg Trail to it's end at the junction with the Pat Scott and Wisconsin Canyon Trails. After a snack break, we backtracked to the Nature Conservancy which made the round trip hike just under 5 miles. Despite hiking in late morning we enjoyed comfortable temperatures thanks to shade and elevation.
Before beginning our hike some of us overheard a docent at the visitor center telling other hikers to pay attention at the Brown Canyon Trail junction on the way back down. The sign for the Brown Canyon Trail also mentions Ramsey Canyon Road, and when people see "Ramsey Canyon" they hang a left instead of a right and add some unexpected mileage to their hike. Sure enough, while coming down, two hikers in our somewhat spread out group hung a left at the junction. Fortunately other hikers in our group caught their mistake and no one went more than a few feet astray.
I couldn't help but notice all the maples in Ramsey Canyon so I'm thinking it may be worthwhile going back in the fall for some autumn color. |
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