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| Hiking | 10.10 Miles |
1,145 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.10 Miles | 5 Hrs 11 Mns | | 1.95 mph |
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| no partners | | Every time I come back to this area, the scenery seems even better. Certainly the recent rains and clear weather helped alot. Right now I would say a lot these trails are on par with anything in the western Superstitions.
I started from what GoogleMaps now calls the Horse Trails TH and headed in on the Javelina Mine Trail, then took that to the Willow Connector Trail and headed over to the Horse with No Name Trail. I intended to do that entire loop, but somehow short circuited it and didn't to the westernmost part of the loop. I noticed the one junction of the trail as I got back onto the main trail, but that western tip of the loop looked fainter than the shortcut I was one. I suppose the vegetation may have contributed to that. The climb up to the cliffs and the views up there were the highlight of this trail. Really incredible scenery.
On the way back I opted to take Frankie Goes to Hollywood, as it looked like the most direct route back to the Willow Connector. both HWNN and FGTH were very rocky and at times would follow sections of the washes. the rocks slowed me down, I was stuck at 2mph the whole time. A couple time I lost the trails getting out of a wash or along other parts. Having the tracks was very helpful. It's also nice with the new feature on Route Scout to have nearby tracks available on the mapping if I hadn't loaded them, which was the case with FGTH.
Lots of water throughout the hike, and very green. Still early enough in the spring that it's not so overgrown to be a bushwhack. But the thistles are starting to grow.
Only saw 2 other people in over 5 hours, horse riders. Then on the way back, there was a line of 30+ cars waiting to get into Lost Dutchman park, they stretched out to the turning lane on Rt. 88 and a ranger was directing traffic. Still nice that the hordes don't know about this gem. |
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