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| Hiking | 18.95 Miles |
3,115 AEG |
| | Hiking | 18.95 Miles | 9 Hrs 18 Mns | | 2.29 mph |
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| partners | | Bruce suggested JF as an out-n-back for years. Only familiar with the NW and SE ends I quickly changed the conversation.
2017
2017 wrote:Bruce suggested JefF out-n-back. Meh... do I know you? He came back with this loop...
A hardy loop I, I... I enjoyed. Unexpectedly found out views along the 2 miles NW of Tortilla Pass were as good as my favorites.
2019
Apprehensively suggested this 19 mi out-n-back that includes 3.1 mi along FR213. Expected the verbal whip. Nice guy responded okay let's do it.
Hike
The road walk is what is. Senic, still a road. Kudos to thurman for hitting it twice in 7 days, my inspiration for a revisit.
A quarter mile or more of JF #106 is ankle buster rocks. They don't phase me, just a heads up for Y-Bar haters. After bonkers abundant Scorpionweed around the Valley it was a pleasant surprise to see abundant Wild Heliotrope. Which is blue, lacks scorpion curl and rancid drift.
We took a stab at the 0.2 mi offtrail adventure to Clover Spring. Seriously, who doesn't love a good spring hunt. Beats the hell out of hunting down geotrash. Threw in the towel after two yards nagged by catclaw. Further reading at home... Out of 7 reports, maybe 1 made the journey to check it. catclaw was not horrible, just a great excuse to move on.
A mile or two of trail with painful looking vegetation on both sides keeps the mini prayers rolling. From the eagle's nest on is 2.3 sweet scenic miles. Also the middle of nowhere so there is minor near and dear vegetation dodging. Not a deterrent in my opinion. Love the nearby and distant mountains, this is Arizona!
Small pools near the origin of Tortilla Creek. Lunched at Tortilla Saddle. Nice views.
Nothing overly exciting on the return. I need to bust out bigger hikes. This easy out-n-back was stinging more than it should midway back.
A rattlesnake outta nowhere on trail-left took a strike and missed me. Jumping back to the right Bruce screamed. Scared me good. First I've jumped mid jump. No photo, no proof... I know the rules. Figured it was best to not press my luck. Forever etched in my mind in slow motion like a scene from the matrix. Rattle, calm jump, figure eight twisting pretzel mid air, scream from behind, mid air compounded fear jump, thoat of beast, world's largest snake hovering back, beast landed, slithered into brush. Got lucky.
Wrap
1st hike in about six months carrying a camelbak again. Consumed 3.3 quarts. Love the fanny pack but need more water as it warms up. 614 miles on Salomon Yellow Wings Flyte 2 - 2018, thinking 700 easy. Sure I just jinxed it.
Bruce keeps asking for the term for an arch entrance to a ranch. Looked. I'm going with Ranch Entrance. A guy in a forum suggest Ranch Head Gate. Never heard that nor 1 matching google image. Related but a "headgate" is a framework designed to hold still the heads of cattle for various procedures. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Lots of Wild Heliotrope and small daisy types. Fair variety of others. |
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