Skull Mesa Ruins Photoset • DixieFlyer • 2020-02-08 • HikeArizona.COM

Skull Mesa Ruins, AZ

	2020-02-08
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Skull Mesa Ruins

Phoenix, AZ

Skull Mesa Ruins

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	15.90 Miles	3,812 AEG

Hiking	15.90 Miles	7 Hrs 49 Mns	2.50 mph
	3,812 ft AEG	1 Hour 28 Mns Break

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Skull Mesa from Spur Cross TH

Spur Cross Trail

Cottonwood Trail #247

Skull Mesa Trail #248

Mariposa Hill

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I decided to make my annual trek to the Skull Mesa Ruins today. We went up to the Mesa via the "conventional" route -- Spur Cross Trail to Cave Creek Trail #4 to Cottonwood Trail #247 to Skull Mesa Trail #248. Then we went off-trail across the mesa to the ruins. We returned the same way except this time we took Trail 247A (or is it 247B?) off of the Cottonwood Trail and connected to the Mariposa Hill Trail in the Spur Cross Park. This shortcut saved almost 1.5 miles on the way back.

This is a fun hike that is a good workout. Up on the mesa we found some petroglyphs that I have been trying to find for a couple of years -- some say that the glyphs are X-rated, but I am not so sure about that.

Walking up on the mesa did not seem as bad as it has in the past, maybe because I managed to avoid the prickly pear this time. Going down Trail #248 reminded me why it is one of my least favorite trails.

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Geocache Hohokam Mano and Metate Hohokam Surface Structure Informational/Interpretive Sign

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Black Mesa New River Mesa Skull Mesa The Flatiron Weavers Needle

Meteorology

Meteorology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Inversion Layer

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