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| Hiking | 11.29 Miles |
823 AEG |
| | Hiking | 11.29 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 2.61 mph |
| 823 ft AEG | 40 Mns Break | 26 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Heather, Linda, and I hiked an 11+ mile loop for our Friday hike in McDowell Mountain Regional Park.
Starting at the Trailhead Staging Area, we hiked Pemberton towards the "pond". We opted to skip visiting the pond - it's little more than a muddy watering hole. We continued on in some of the arroyos which eventually feed Stoneman Wash. We eventually crossed the Tonto Tank Trail and then made our way over to the Pemberton near the Bluff Trail. We hiked a short ways down Bluff Trail Wash and then took a turn into a wash which feeds this wash. Other washes took us back towards Stoneman though along the way, we visited an area with lots of granite boulders. We did eventually end up in Stoneman Wash and hiked NW towards Granite. We hiked back via the Granite, Wagner, and Tortoise trails.
We saw two rattlesnakes, one deer, at least one rabbit, quail, and lots of butterflies. I got a photo of the first snake and I may have gotten a photo of some of the butterflies. The second snake made its way into some nearby bushes too quickly for me to get a good photo. Likewise, I found the butterflies hard to photograph.
We also encountered numerous mylar balloons - I lost count, but it was at least half a dozen. We picked them up and disposed of them at the end.
The trails that we hiked were in good condition. It was fun hiking the washes too. |
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