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| Hiking | 19.65 Miles |
4,291 AEG |
| | Hiking | 19.65 Miles | 9 Hrs 40 Mns | | 2.20 mph |
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| no partners | | I took a trip to Black Mountain Summit over Peter’s Mesa. I was trying to find summit logs but only got a few. I’m sure more have been up there but not many wrote about it? I figured I’d either be hiking in the dark in the morning or hiking in the dark coming back. I opted to sleep in and have breakfast with my family before heading out. I got to Tortilla 213 around 9am. There were 4 cars in the lot, which is a lot from my experience. Tortilla always looks dry to me and today the yellow hills were no exception. I’ve been here many times so I jumped on the trail without much ceremony. Soon I was at Peter’s 105 battling catclaw. We really need a trail crew to go through there with the big loppers and widen the narrowing passages. Some places are so think that it’s easier to go around than to stay “on trail”. I often do maintenance, but decided I didn’t have time to dilly-dally.
I’ve seen Peter’s in much better shape, but not crying about it. Not enough people ever tramp through there to make a really clear reliable trail. Also since it follows canyons, It’s hard to get lost and always alternate routes to be taken.
The rain 2 days ago left puddles and little more water for the duration of the hike. I always carry but have a filter too. Didn’t need it. There were still Sycamore and other trees showing fall colors in Tortilla Creek. Kane spring was running like clockwork and the actual spring source always looks the same. If you haven’t been there, the trees around the spring took a bad hit from the Sawtooth fire. Everything around it looks bad. Back on Peter’s I was again assaulted by the red rock bandit. Spray painted cairns kept popping up. I was thinking the painter was back?? I guess It’s possible that I missed a bunch the last few times? I did what I could, and disposed of a few dozen more red cairns.
I made pretty good time and was up top around 4 hours later. Searching I found no summit register so added a small one. There is a false summit (GPS says 10 feet lower) so I’m pretty sure I got the right one. Anyway just a formality if I didn’t, I suppose. It was hazy so the pictures came out ok but not stellar. I poked around a small bit but there isn’t much daylight this time of year. I had a snack and relaxed and then I put on my track shoes and made good time back to Tortilla a bit after dark. |
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