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Williams - West Spruce, AZ
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| Hiking | 8.50 Miles |
2,238 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.50 Miles | 4 Hrs 27 Mns | | 2.60 mph |
| 2,238 ft AEG | 1 Hour 11 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I decided to head up to Prescott today and bag a couple of peaks that I had not done before:
1) Williams Peak
2) West Spruce Mountain
Williams Peak is supposedly the highpoint of the Sierra Prieta range, and West Spruce is a P1K peak, so I got to check these two off of my lists.
I mostly hiked on West Spruce Trail #264. Not too far from the trailhead I went out and back on a pack trail up to Williams Peak. Once I got back on Trail #264, I went to just east of West Spruce Mountain, and took a short off-trail jaunt to the summit. Then I went back to Trail #264 and followed it back to the TH. On the way back I thought about taking the spur trail up to Porter Mountain, but I decided just to head back to the TH so I could get home earlier.
This was a nice area and I enjoyed the hike. The views were better on Williams; even though West Spruce is higher, it had more trees at the summit which limited the views. Most of the hike was in a forest of pine, juniper, and oaks; so there was a decent amount of shade. Of course, the trees limited the views, but there were lots of gaps in the trees along the way that allowed for some nice views of mountains off in the distance. |
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