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| Hiking | 15.50 Miles |
1,500 AEG |
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| no partners | | This was my second time to the hot springs, but my first time backpacking into the area. We drove to the trailhead Friday night and started hiking at 7:00 a.m. We did an out and back from the TJ Corral and began on the Little Bear Trail.
The first few miles of the Little Bear Trail left a far better impression on me than my first time hiking the trail in October nearly four years ago. The summer rains did this area well and the first few miles proved to be a relatively pleasant, scenic stroll this time around. The early morning golden hour light certainly contributed to this. The narrows of Little Bear Canyon were as impressive as I had remembered and before we knew it we were making our first crossing of the Gila River. The trail along the Gila was in great shape and we passed through several sunflower super blooms along the way. We arrived to one family at the spring and gambled on taking the campsite closest to the spring, but we were prepared to leave if things got rowdy. After a long soak and laziness around camp, we were pleasantly surprised to see that no other backpackers, or hikers had made their way to the spring yet. In fact, only one other family would arrive to the area and that would not be until nearly early evening. We enjoyed one final sunset soak to ourselves and then returned to camp for the usual.
We started with headlamps just before 6:30 a.m. on Sunday morning to beat the heat on the final stretch to the trailhead and arrived back to the car just before 10:00 a.m. |
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
Do sunflowers count? |
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