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| Hiking | 10.00 Miles |
997 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.00 Miles | 4 Hrs 25 Mns | | 2.26 mph |
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| partners | | Last weekend before football season starts, so I wanted to get a hike in before a couple Sundays off. I wanted to keep the mileage around the 10 mile mark with the heat still kicking. The CCRA looked to be a good area to be able to do that, plus it's another place where I haven't hiked those trails in over 15 years.
I picked up my friend Ted on the way up and met Brian at the trailhead. Brian had to be done by 11, so he was already there for a half hour by the time we showed up. We headed east on the Go John Trail, then took the Jasper Trail down to the Slate Trail, and took that all the way outside the park to the connecting trails in the preserve and/or private area to the east. The Slate Trail meets a trail that kind of forms a tee. We stopped there and headed back west and took what seems to be labeled the Military Trail to the north and headed back into the CCRA. Along this area we ran into 3 older ladies riding horses who weren't sure where they were going. there were a few trail junctions we encountered that aren't on the Maricopa County maps, so that might have had something to do with their confusion.
In the park, once we got to the Quartz Trail, Brian started to trail run the rest of his route. Ted and I kept a leisurely pace. We ended up taking the Quartz Trail north to the Go John Trail, and finished the loop back around to the trailhead. Saw 6 other hikers and a few bikers. The weather was much more pleasant than my last two local hikes in the heat and humidity.
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