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| Hiking | 4.70 Miles |
1,495 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.70 Miles | 7 Hrs 2 Mns | | 0.82 mph |
| 1,495 ft AEG | 1 Hour 18 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Thanks to a March'19 reschedule of a previously planned week vehicle camping / off-trail day hiking exploration trip, with another recommended HAZ-ssk44(Eric) posted hike that neither Oregon_Hiker nor myself had yet hiked, we decided to schedule this Bonneyback Peak (Ancha Benchmark) this day.
A few years back when I was in better physical condition- more regularily hiking and consuming less ice cream before bed, I traveled to this remote, less visited by hikers section of the Tonto National Forest and the Sierra Ancha Mountains in from Pumpkin Center, AZ, a number of times with Eric who introduced me to another awesome Arizona area for off-trail hike exploring, 4x4ing, camping, and scenic drives.
Today was a good day weatherwise and with all the preciptition this area has had this past Feb and early March, the Spring wildfloweers were abundent and the area in general was a lush green as well. I knew it was going to be a great wildflower day when I opened my door at the recommended Park/TH location and stepped on wildflowers 
Oregon_Hiker and I had previously planned to take a less strenuous AEG route in/out than the hiking guide recommended route to all the peaks and various viewpoints along this ridge hiking route because we wanted to help assure we would make the hike in all the way to the ending main summit benchmark- Bonneyback Peak 5558 (Ancha Benchmark).
Our chosen route in was to traverse the minor peaks on the steep East slopes with extreme wildflowers and grass growth that covered most of the loose, grapefruit sized, ankle twisting rocks. Our route in also included five distinct, scenic saddles. Our ridgeline views near and far included scenery to die for! Part of my 1 hour and 18 minute break time posted above included more than a few GRAND memories of my previous day hike trips with Eric
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All was going well until we decided to take a "shortcut" OUT to avoid the first peak [ photo ] steep/loose rocky slope traverse going IN. Here is my side of the story- [ photo ] |
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Wildflowers Observation Extreme
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