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| Hiking | 10.34 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 10.34 Miles | 4 Hrs 3 Mns | | 2.55 mph |
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| no partners | | Unlike the cleaned up first segment of the Black Canyon Trail [ photoset ] , I found two garbage piles in the first mile of the Boy Scout Loop: The first, several rolls of foam padding; the second, a cheap metal futon and frame mattress. I actually took a look at the rolls to see if there was a body inside. It may not seem like it, but the desert is a great place to hide bodies. 
There are several informal firing ranges on or near Boy Scout Loop: The first is 1.6 miles north of the Emery Henderson Trailhead. When I last hiked the Black Canyon Trail’s second segment nearly nine years ago [ photoset ] , the first range was riddled with shell casings and shot up targets. There was still some casings left, but it looked like whoever used it last at least tried to do a cleanup. I can just imagine how long 1st Sergeant would have had me beat my boots if it wasn’t “No Brass! No Ammo!” when I left the Ft. Bragg range.
The first 2.7 miles of the Boy Scout Loop, the Black Canyon Trail parallels, and often crosses a good size wash. On this trip, the flood plain along that wash was was thick with thigh-high grassy reed things. (Not a botanist.) 
At the base of the loopy part of the loop, I split right, counterclockwise. In a ½ mile, at “3 o’clock” on the loop, the Boy Scout Loop crosses a fence. There used to be a half-collapsed barbwire gate there with a “close gate livestock in pasture” sign. It was been replaced by a modern metal square tube gate. Not sure why, as “9 o’clock” a ½ mile west, on the jeep trail part of the loop, there is no gate at all. Why go to the expense of installing that gate when cattle could wander out the other way? 
From the top of Boy Scout Loop, I booked it 5.2 miles back to Emery Henderson Trailhead in only 1h 45m. When I check my pack back at the trailhead, I found I’d only drunk a liter of fluids. That won’t last long with higher temperatures looming … 
Hike Video: https://vimeo.com/471704710
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
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