Walnut Trail #251 Photoset • Sredfield • 2017-11-01 • HikeArizona.COM

Walnut Trail #251, AZ

	2017-11-01
	6 by Sredfield

Walnut Trail #251

Payson, AZ

Walnut Trail #251

Payson, AZ

Hiking	4.00 Miles

Hiking	4.00 Miles

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Met up with the Pine-Strawberry Fuels Reduction guys this morning on Hardscrabble Road, where the trail begins and heads south, to do a little rehab work on Oak Spring.

Several striking red Maple trees/bushes along the way were at or just past peak color.

The work included mucking out (operative word "mucking") a trench between a collection pool and the cement trough. The crew leader installed new PVC pipe, a filter at the upper end and a pipe up into the trough. We then buried the pipe, hopefully sufficiently bedded in dirt and sand so as not to create a leak in the pipe over time.

Initial flow was strong, but as the pool dropped the flow did too. It will be interesting to monitor this to see how it works.

I've been along the trail past Oak Spring but never explored the area--pretty interesting with several iterations of water collection and distribution systems down the canyon. We explored the old route to the SE, towards what is now Arrowhead Estates subdivision.

Then the climb out; these fellows set a strong pace, and drive home. Another great day on the AZT.

	Oak Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Maybe a little more than dripping. New pipe to the trough.

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Shawn
The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.

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