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| Hiking | 8.50 Miles |
3,140 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.50 Miles | 5 Hrs 20 Mns | | 1.59 mph |
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| no partners | | Did this last weekend. Almost died, not really but I felt like I was going to. It was my first big hike. Here are my notes; I went counter clockwise. I started at 0930 and got back to my car at 1500. I skipped inspiration point.
Echo Canyon loop was incredible. It was high elevation and had some awesome vistas of the hoodoos and surround area. It had quite a bit of traffic on it but I was by myself and so it was nice to walk and talk with strangers. This was probably my favorite stretch.
Upper Rhyolite was nice at the bottom. Getting down was a little hairy in places but I'm a weakling. The bottom of the canyon I felt like I was no longer in Arizona, very beautiful area and luckily there was no water in the creek.
Sarah Deming. I ate lunch just before starting up this trail. And up and up it goes! It was very pretty and luckily there was a stout breeze to keep things cool. A very pretty trail and plenty of shade to go around but nothing "picture worthy".
Heart of the Rocks Loop. The real reason anyone goes, I think? Very cool to walk around and be close to the hoodoos. My second favorite probably for two reasons. 1 is I was tired by this point and so my energy levels dipped. The second is the trail can be sketchy in places. Not dangerous but not an easy relaxing walk through the woods either.
From there I did the balanced rock trail which I found quite dull, with signs of a recent-ish forest fire? This was my least favorite.
I skipped inspiration point, I was tired.
Mushroom rock was nice. The only part I hated was every step down meant I was going to have to come back up. Very well shaded area though and flatish based on the rest of the loop at this point.
Ed Riggs felt like just a way to get back to the parking lot than a real trail meant to enjoy.
Overall, towards the end of my journey I was ready to be done. I just wanted to be home, which is probably why I am sitting at my house today instead of on my way to a new trail. I am really glad I did it though. I have since recommended it to several coworkers all week. |
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