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| Hoolie Bacon Trail Partial, AZ | |
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Hoolie Bacon Trail Partial, AZ
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| Hiking | 9.91 Miles |
1,100 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.91 Miles | 4 Hrs 3 Mns | | 2.70 mph |
| 1,100 ft AEG | 23 Mns Break | 15 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | This was my day to hike the Hoolie Bacon Trail from the Tortilla Trail Head. Or so my plans were. The walk along SVR 213 to the JF Trail went as expected, just another stroll along a three mile road, second time for me. I had the song "On The Road again" stuck in my head almost the whole way. The Snow capping all the peaks around me made the trek along the road seem different almost like I was doing it for the first time. Temperatures were in the upper 30's at the old Tortilla Ranch site and the Pools of water along the road had a layer of ice on them. Not thick enough to walk on so the usual detours around these puddles was still required (about a dozen of them).
Once on the JF Trail the snow was covering the ground and the trail where it wasn't icy was running with water. The ice made the rocks on the trail slick and where the water was running the mud was gooey and sticky, found walking on the snow just off to the side of the trail much easier as it was still a bit frozen. The Hoolie Bacon Trail was the same. The trail had a lot of catclaw across it because the snow pushed or broke the branches onto it. Needed a pair of clippers. Made it down to the first crossing of Tortilla Creek and this is where my plans changed. The creek was running really high and was unable to get across without getting wet up to the waist (Didn't want to bag this trail that bad). I also figured by mid afternoon with the snow melt it would be even higher. (I also didn't want to have an encounter with the blue lilies that Joe encountered on his hike on the Bluff Spring Trail.) Will have to reschedule this hike for another time and include a pair of clippers for the catclaw.
On the return trip I went over to the Peters Trail to check out the creek there, quite different from when I was there a week or so ago. I still had a half a day so I picked another trail and I decided on the lower First Water Creek if it wasn't running too high. First though I thought I would drive over to Fish Creek and check it out. Glad I did because I was thoroughly impressed. Nice drive down a very narrow road. I was probably the only car from Arizona, the rest were from snow bird country from Dakotas to Minnesota and Ohio.
Water report: Water Water everywhere and not a bit that can't be drunk. |
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