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Telephone - West Fork - Thomas Point, AZ
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| Hiking | 15.10 Miles |
2,379 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.10 Miles | 6 Hrs 56 Mns | | 2.71 mph |
| 2,379 ft AEG | 1 Hour 22 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I was wanting to check out the fall colors on the West Fork Oak Creek Trail, but did not want to drive through Sedona and 89A, so I more or less followed routes that @hikerdw , @joebartels , and the one and only @The_Eagle had done.
My hike was an inverted lasso loop utilizing forest roads and a bit of off-trail to get to the Telephone Trail, then taking that down to the West Fork Oak Creek Trail. On the way back I took the Thomas Point Trail back up to the rim, and then took forest roads back to my vehicle.
The Telephone Trail wasn't all that great, but it was saved by the peepholes, which I really enjoyed seeing.
Once on the West Fork Trail, I went all the way to the end of the maintained trail and then turned around and came back. The best fall foliage was in the first half of the trail, so if you are going just to see the colors, there is no need to go all the way to the end of the maintained trail.
I ascended the Thomas Point Trail, which was a better trail to hike on than the Telephone Trail.
There were some decent yellow oak leaves up on the Rim, which made walking on the forest roads rather nice.
This was the first time that I had been on any of these trails. Were it not for the fall foliage, I would not have cared much for the West Fork Oak Creek Trail -- it was more like a nature walk, and there were way too many people for my liking.
The foliage was nice, but it was missing those vivid reds from the big tooth maples, which are AWOL this year. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation Substantial
The fall foliage right now is about as good as it is going to get this year. There were lots of yellow and orange colors, but none of the vivid big tooth maple reds. |
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