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| Hiking | 12.50 Miles |
3,000 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.50 Miles | 5 Hrs 2 Mns | | 3.16 mph |
| 3,000 ft AEG | 1 Hour 5 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Needed a close hike and wanted a backcountry feel, and with the Superstitions not an option the Mazatzals fit the bill. Decided to keep it simple and did Gold Ridge out and back.
Started a half hour before sunrise to the howl of coyotes. There were a lot of tracks, scat, and a little fur on the trail, but I only saw two white tail deer before climbing the ridge and a grey fox near the upper trailhead.
The upper trailhead was shady and breezy. Camp Grasshopper is a special place in the summer.
The Woodbury fire was visible from the part of the trail where views of Tonto Basin open up. On the way up the smoke wasn't very substantial, but on the way down clouds of smoke were pluming pretty high, and the smoke was settling in Tonto Basin before drifting east.
Didn't see anyone on the trail, and there were no cars at the trailhead when I started or finished. |
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Wildflowers Observation Light
Patches of blue and red wildflowers at higher elevation |
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