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| Hiking | 5.05 Miles |
888 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.05 Miles | 2 Hrs 20 Mns | | 2.23 mph |
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| no partners | | I saw @adenium 's track posted over a week ago and it looked like a great hike to take the family out on. Close by, not too short, and enough AEG for a good workout. The weather forecasters were promising for realsies this time that we would get rain. I awoke at 5am to dry ground outside and by 5:30, started to get up and get things ready. By just after 7am, the rain started to come down at our house, but only lasted a few minutes. I was able to convince them to go thru with the hike before the next wave of rain hit.
We started from the Lone Mt. TH off of Usery Road and headed up the Alp D'Huez trail. It's been rerouted in spots to eliminate the overly steep and loose sections. A crew of trail builders passed us on the way up with their equipment. I think they said they were going to work on the High Ridge Trail, which according to the signs we saw looks like it's been recently opened.
At the start, the clouds were low over the mountains and it looked like it might rain. It did start to rain a little bit, at which point Radmila made the kids put on their ponchos. After we climbed up another mile and a half and 500+ feet in no rain, they took them off.
As we got to the Iron Goat Trail, the sun hit us, lighting up the area around us, and giving some greats views of the clouds rolling by nearby and up north. All the clouds we saw in this area when we started were gone. We got a glimpse over towards Four Peaks and saw some snow on the ridgelines over there. Saw a rainbow down north of the Salt River for a little bit.
As we descended on the Iron Goat Trail, the rain really did hit for a little while, but it wasn't too bad. We made it up to the one peak, and then made our way further down on the Cactus Nectar Trail. By the time we got to the bottom, the sun was out again. the clouds at the top returned now that we were back down.
Fantastic hike with some really amazing scenery from the crazy weather. Nice to hike new trails close to home and be done before lunch. On the ride home southbound on Usery Road a downpour hit us. Looks like timed everything perfectly. |
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