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Mormon Mountain Trail #58, AZ

	2020-05-29
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Mormon Mountain Trail #58

Flagstaff, AZ

Mormon Mountain Trail #58

Flagstaff, AZ

Hiking	8.72 Miles	1,623 AEG

Hiking	8.72 Miles	5 Hrs 41 Mns	2.37 mph
	1,623 ft AEG	2 Hrs Break

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I've always kind of enjoyed this hike, despite lack of views. The forest up top is pretty nice. Today when I had almost reached the top I ran into a couple of guys with 5 very friendly hound dogs. The dogs were getting a run and some training. After chatting with them for a while, they mentioned a pond on top of the mountain, which I never knew existed. They explained how to find it, but on my first attempt I took the wrong road. Then I did find the correct road on my way back from the towers. They had seen some fresh bear tracks in the dirt road, but I never did see those because the dogs (and probably myself) walked on the tracks.

I would have liked to see that pond a year ago, after the very snowy winter we had. Maybe another year...

A few flowers, and once again I didn't know them all, but worked on finding the names when I got home.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Canadian white violet Lupine Rocky Mountain Iris Showy phlox

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Common Buckeye Butterfly Dog

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Mormon Mountain Tank