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| Hiking | 7.94 Miles |
608 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.94 Miles | 2 Hrs 44 Mns | | 2.90 mph |
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| no partners | | There are nine trails in the San Tan Mountain Regional Park, rated from easy to “difficult”. I hiked a loop consisting of all 0.7 easy miles of the Littleleaf Trail, 0.4 miles of the “difficult” Goldmine Trail, and all 6.4 “moderate-difficult” miles of the San Tan Trail. In reality, the loop is no more difficult than hiking Charles M. Chistiansen Trail #100, only shorter. I didn’t even bring my hiking poles.
I did, however, carry my hiking pack. With low temps and 100% cloud cover, I didn’t need more than a bottle or two of water, but for training purposes I humped all the crap in my pack anyway. 
After paying my respects at the Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial, I started up the Littleleaf Trail. I did the whole 0.7 miles of it in less time than it took me to type this triplog.
San Tan Trail didn’t have nearly as many horse  ’s as I remember from last time I hiked it, in 2010 [ popup triplog ] . The only “climb” is 200 ft. in the 0.6 miles from Rock Peak to a saddle. (I saw one guy pushing his mountain bike up it.)
Other than that one little climb, San Tan Trail just rolls up & down small washes. It is at its best south of the Moonlight Trail intersection, where San Tan approaches the Malpais Hills cliff band, 2.4 miles to the Rock Wash Trail intersection on the northeast slope of Rock Peak. I thought I spotted one doable route up the otherwise sheer face of the Malpais Hills.
And ... That's it. Not much to it, really.
Hike Video: https://vimeo.com/476612023 |
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Wildflowers Observation None
One weird cactus (see photoset), but no flowers. |
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’s as I remember from last time I hiked it, in 2010 
