Thicketopia Photoset • chumley • 2018-10-21 • HikeArizona.COM

Thicketopia, AZ

	2018-10-21
	10 by chumley

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Thicketopia, AZ

Hiking	12.20 Miles	2,917 AEG

Hiking	12.20 Miles	5 Hrs 37 Mns	2.42 mph
	2,917 ft AEG	34 Mns Break

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7 linked trail guides

Cornucopia Trail #86

Cornucopia - Thicket Spring Loop

Thicket Spring Trail #95

West Fork Trail #260

Sheep Creek Trail #88

Upper Sheep Creek Loop

Copper Camp Loop

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John9L

Tough_Boots

Kyle came up with this one and I'd never done the loop so I thought it would be fun. We headed down from the loop to McFarland and then ventured a mile or so into @jacobemerick -land. I wanted to check out Squaw Flat. This trail has suffered flooding and deadfall, plus standard mazzy overgrowth. Fun stuff. I should come back and go further.

I found cairns at the Sheep Copper Camp junction, but no nice signs. Apparently the AZT folks are a little snobby and if it's not 6-feet wide and brush free, it's not a trail for them! Related note, nice game cam (not sure what it's trying to capture) and a brand new wilderness sign.

Ran into a guy doing a Pine to Roosevelt hike and he was happy to report that there's water everywhere. All the guthooks water sources were reliable and at least 2-3 more water sources between every one marked in the app. So now's definitely a nice time to venture into the desert!

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Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Saddle Mountain 6,535, Mazatzal Squaw Flat Squaw Flat Spring

	Squaw Flat Spring	Dry	Dry
	Springbox was dry. No sign of source. But plenty of water flowing in the creek.

	Thicket Spring	Gallon + per minute	Gallon + per minute
	Flow could be measured in cfs!

	Upper McFarland @ #88/95	Light flow	Light flow
	Plenty of clear water in the creek

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