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| Hiking | 13.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 13.20 Miles | 4 Hrs 52 Mns | | 2.71 mph |
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| no partners | | After a 3 month final push, and well over 10 years hiking various sections, I finally completed the Maricopa Trail. Until they finish the last segment, a spur from the Estrellas out to Buckeye. Some sections are nice, some ok, and some kind of lame (sidewalks  ).
The last time I left off at I-17, it was a full 9 years ago. This time I parked at the Fry's lot at Daisy Mtn Rd and Gavilan Peak Pkwy, and headed to MT in the wash. That trail is a pretty wide single track that looks like it's also used by equestrians. After I-17, the trail heads south, then west, and stays single track until it crosses Desert Hills drive, then it's dirt road for a bit more. It heads south, towards the shooting range, where it becomes single track again until it heads directly west again. There is a kind of a single track in sections here that parallels the dirt road, but it's so faint and has a bunch of potato sized rocks on it, that it's just better to walk on the road.
I hiked to where Brian and I left off 3.5 years ago from Lake Pleasant. I only knew where to stop by saving a section of the track I saved from that day. I remember New River was flowing pretty hard that day from all the winter rains. today I wasn't able to recognize that spot at all. Looks like they installed some new power lines in that area, the concrete anchors looked pretty fresh.
Headed back to car and called it a day. Very cool in the morning, not too hot at the end. Saw one trail runner, one biker, and 2 hikers. |
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