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| Hiking | 16.21 Miles |
4,838 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.21 Miles | 6 Hrs 22 Mns | | 3.12 mph |
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| 4,838 ft AEG | 1 Hour 10 Mns Break | | |
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| no partners | | Wanted to hit Carr, Miller, and the Comfort Springs Loop in an effort to step my sky island game up.
Parked down the road from the Sawmill Springs Trailhead at the big Coronado NF sign a little after sunrise because I refused to take my sedan any farther up the road. On the way down the mountain later that day I passed a couple in a Dodge Challenger, so I was probably just being a wimp.
Started at Sawmill and with a summit of Carr. Passed three PhD students from IL and SC looking for Two Spot rattlers and others. They had snake sticks, or whatever they are called, and were looking to collect some venom.
On the trail between the Carr spur and the trail to Miller there must have been twenty-five white tail deer up and down slope.
On the way from Miller Peak to the Comfort Springs turn off I passed three men who were headed up to Miller. They asked about my route and I told them. They remarked that it was a long hike, which was nice to hear after being humbled by the trips many of the HAZ contributors regularly make.
About a mile down from Bear Saddle in Wisconsin Canyon, where on the topo the trail skirts below the 7800ft contour, I came twenty yards from two black bear cubs posed up in a tree next to the trail. Couldn't claw my camera out of my pack in time and they, as well as a third, bigger bear, scrambled down slope. With no pictures and the bears disappeared among the trees, I called out to keep them away.
Rest of the trip was a nice jaunt up and down through the woods on the backside of the mountains. There was a healthy breeze the whole trip, and to my absolute surprise the temperature never rose above 81F.
Only saw those two sets of hikers until I neared the campsites where families had made their way up for the 4th of July.
I posted the RS route and stats for the trip because I'm very skeptical of the AEG. Not sure I did enough rambling around areas of interest to gain almost 1000ft more than about what the route should have been. |
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