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| Hiking | 10.90 Miles |
283 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.90 Miles | 3 Hrs 49 Mns | | 2.86 mph |
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| no partners | | Started from the 91st Ave TH again where I was last Saturday and headed west, towards Estrella park. Since it was a weekday (as opposed to Saturday last week), the lot was empty when I got there and half empty when I returned. I hiked out to the edge of Estrella park and the beginning of the Desert Rose Trail, filling in another bit of the MT.
The first 3 miles of this hike are actually very nice. The trail through Tres Rios Wetlands is just a road, but it has a sandy gravel on it like what's on the Pemberton Trail, making it very easy to walk on. The scenery is pretty nice here, also. Lots of green from the vegetation growing in the wetlands, and a lot of sound from the birds. The water flows through westbound, looks like it's eventually discharged to the Salt River.
After the trail leaves the wetlands, it parallels a canal for a bit and goes through some more industrial looking area. There is one short single track section before it turns southbound and follows a wide gravel road. The stream flows under the road and then under a bridge. Most of the people I saw were in this area fishing.
After the gravel road, the trail goes through a parking lot and then along Indian Springs as it goes around Phoenix Raceway and then to Estrella park. This section is a little over a mile and a half and is one of the least interesting parts of the overall MT. Although the up close views of an empty racing stadium was a little interesting in its own right. Had kind of an ancient ruins feel to it.
Finished up by 10am, before the heat started to kick in for the day. |
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