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| Hiking | 10.38 Miles |
314 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.38 Miles | 4 Hrs 2 Mns | | 2.58 mph |
| 314 ft AEG | 1 Min Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I started this hike from the Emery-Henderson TH and headed south towards the Carefree Highway. The trail is a combination of singletrack and an old dirt road. The BCT markers all note that motor vehicles are prohibited, and the road looks like it hasn't been driven on in decades. Very faded. In a good way.
There was a hawk that was making a lot of noise as I walked through the same area out and back. I zoomed in on it and got a decent photo. I would think it must have a nest there to have been making that much noise.
After the trail crosses New River, the markers are a little confusing. There is a big cairn right after the last marker that leads to a dirt road that heads up a bank and intersects a road heading east-west. It was on that portion that I saw the rattlesnake. Nice that it was laying flat out and very easy to spot. However, once up on the bank, you can see the next trail marker is a little further to the west. On my way back I headed to that marker and hiked the singletrack section that has the only switchback on this entire section of the trail.
The last mile or more was a section of the MT that I hiked just last week. The official HAZ track for this section of the BCT shows it going all the way to the Carefree Highway. however, once the MT reaches the Bob Bentley TH(?) and heads west, there is absolutely no sign of the BCT heading south. It looks like this section of the trail has been not only decommissioned, but totally eliminated. the last BCT marker was actually about a half mile north of this point.
Headed back with no incident. Didn't see any other hikers. Saw one biker on a dirt road that was perpendicular to the BCT at one point. Temperature was pretty moderate, finished up just before 10:30am. Early clouds and breezes helped with that. |
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