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| Hiking | 5.09 Miles |
557 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.09 Miles | 2 Hrs 16 Mns | | 2.35 mph |
| 557 ft AEG | 6 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I was planning on hitting "Old Faithful", Lone Mountain/EJ Peak, but with the hazy conditions, I opted to go across the street and get in a little exploring along the mountain bike trails starting at the NRA Pit T/H. I have hiked in here in the past, but I never remember the names. I think the mountain bikers have different names for these trails.
I started up the Wild Horse Trail, but I took another trail to the left moving parallel. It's shows as "High Noon" in the Hawes Trail System map on their website. I took that to a wash, hiked down that a little and I think I ended up on "Red Mountain Rampage" before I took the wash back to the Wild Horse Trail.
I saw a few mountain bikers out, but that was it. The clouds kept the temps down, but this humidity lately, it's like hiking in New Orleans. Oh well, take the good with the bad. The hillsides, like everywhere else out there now were as green as I have ever seen them. Most of the green was from grass and from this odd weed that spread out between the bushes and cacti. Still some things blooming. I saw some barrel cacti with blooms, a few cholla and a daisy every once in a while. I did see some wild squash (I think) as well. That's something you don't see every day out there. Crazy rains this year.
I made a little lasso loop, got in my exercise and miles and caught a very subtle, hazy sunset. I like this area, it's full of surprises. |
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