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| Hiking | 15.49 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 15.49 Miles | 6 Hrs 5 Mns | | 2.74 mph |
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| partners | | A few months ago I noticed that Joe and Bruce were also doing sections of the BCT. I offered my services to set up a shuttle when they felt in the mood and Bruce picked this weekend. Got a start sometime after 7am after the dropoff and drive back down to Highway 69. I always get discombobulated on shuttle hikes and forgot my sweatshirt. I did somehow remember to bring the extra one I normally wear under the main one. That helped to keep me comfortable in the 38 degree windy weather for the first few miles.
Lots of grassland with mild grades at first, which soon turned into more rolling hills with pinon pines and scrub brush. I was surprised to see as much catclaw as we did. None of seemed as sticky as what we saw last week in the Supes. I think fire only sharpens catclaw.
South of Russian Well we passed several cattle and calves, I spotted 2 bulls at one point. We had lunch at an old cabin ruin at the well which has a "No Camping" sign on it. North of Russian Well, there is a new section of trail that has been recently built that takes you off the dirt road. It's nice, but it adds a good 2 miles or more during this segment. My plantar faciitis has been acting up again lately, and those extra miles didn't help. The trail ascends a good bit at this point, which probably gave the best views of the day. Looking down into the rolling hills and valleys was nice, and there a few good distant views of the surrounding mountains.
Finished up about 1:30ish, completed the shuttle and headed back home to fight the traffic through central Phoenix. Nice to do a shuttle hike again for the social aspect of it. and the shuttle part wasn't bad at all in terms of extra drive time. |
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