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South Fork - Gold Ridge Loop, AZ

	2019-03-30
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South Fork - Gold Ridge Loop

Payson, AZ

South Fork - Gold Ridge Loop

Payson, AZ

Hiking	13.67 Miles	3,567 AEG

Hiking	13.67 Miles	8 Hrs 34 Mns		1.86 mph
	3,567 ft AEG	1 Hour 13 Mns Break	14 LBS Pack

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Gold Ridge Trail #47

South Fork Trail #46

Partners

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joebartels

Perfect temps, a new trail and the chance for wildflowers was the impetus for this one.

I'd never done the Gold Ridge and most of the things I read did not give it high ratings. I enjoyed this climb. It didn't hurt that the flower show was pretty darn good in the 4,000' to 5,000' range. There were more types of flowers on this hike than I've seen on a single hike. Joe documented them well in his triplog. https://hikearizona.com/x.php?x=164563

No Grasshoppers had lunch waiting for us at the top of this one. We trudged on.

I'd been on South Fork before and the memories came back of all the downed trees. There has been major work to clear them... and there's more to go. We hit more fields of flowers on the way down while traversing the flowing South Fork of Deer Creek.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Owl Clover Western Wallflower

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Pigeon Spring