Derrick - Horton Loop Photoset • Tortoise_Hiker • 2018-08-07 • HikeArizona.COM

Derrick - Horton Loop, AZ

	2018-08-07
	5 by Tortoise_Hiker

Derrick - Horton Loop

Payson, AZ

Derrick - Horton Loop

Payson, AZ

Hiking		Aug 07 2018
		Tortoise_Hiker

Hiking	9.80 Miles	1,785 AEG

Hiking	9.80 Miles	3 Hrs 15 Mns	3.02 mph

	1,785 ft AEG

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The whole group agreed to start early.... I hit the trail around 5am. I mentally break this down into 3 sections. Derrick to Highline, Highline to Horton Spring, Horton Spring to the car. The fist section went good. I saw twocow elk in this section. The grade is not to steep. The second section went good too. It has 2 climbs but not bad at all. I saw 2 cow elk at the start of this section and 2 bull elk right before I dropped into Horton Creek. The first two sections show a little wear from rain runoff. The last section is in the best shape and I like seeing the spring and creek for my final leg. Really nice loop. I hade shade for 99% of the first 2 sections and probably 75% of the last one

. I saw one fungi on a tree and one mushroom. Thought I would see more. I saw no hikers on the first 2 sections. I saw 2 camps across creek on the last section but no hikers until 7:50. Then I saw 1 couple and 1 more at the trailhead

. Really nice morning to be on trail!

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