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| Hiking | 3.50 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.50 Miles | 4 Hrs | | 0.88 mph |
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| no partners | | When I decided to write-up a HAZ Hike Guide for this hike area this past August-2021, I was convinced that this was going to be an awesome hike for viewing our AZ Big Tooth Maples during prime Autumn 
I planned a solo drive/hike here today (up at 4:30am back at 6pm, 260 R/T miles, ~7hrs of driving, and 3/4 tank of gas) to be kind-of disappointed 
Part of my disappointment was my doing in thinking that Prime Autumn Colors for this area would be sometime this week of 10/4-7/21. I was incorrect.. these dates were way too early by a week or more. Also, I had hoped with the numerous stands of Big Tooth Maple in this section (Re: my August'21 visit [ photoset ] ) that there would be an abundance of different Colors, but unfortunately almost no RED at all and mostly all YELLOW to YELLOW-ORANGE.
Also, and very unfortunate (maybe due to just too much rain this Summer and early Autumn'21) a number of the Maple trees turning leaves are now infected with some type of possible fungus or bacteria that is causing the remaining leaves on the trees to have brown and black color spots.. [ photo ] .. it is very strange to see this on many of the Big Tooth Maple Trees in this hiking section with any color.
I hiked this section today plus an additional 1.5 miles out and back within Maverick Canyon (Upper) before returning to the Park/TH Start. I had plans to also drive further down The Rim Road (FR300) to FR321 for a short .5 mile hike within the always reliable Big Tooth Maple stands of [ Bill McClintock Draw (Upper) ] . I wanted to see and compare what was going on in this area with the Maverick Canyon Spur Maples area, but still having a 3.5 hour, 130 mile drive back home today, it just wasn't possible but taking a break at El Rancho in Payson, AZ, [ image ] made the long drive back more barrable 
I'll try to have some pics up by mid-week to further document my first Autumn Season hiking this off-trail area. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation Moderate
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