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| Hiking | 2.80 Miles |
1,144 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.80 Miles | 3 Hrs 17 Mns | | 2.33 mph |
| 1,144 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 5 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | It was time for my annual-ish summit of Mt. Bartels, (summit #10 for me!) prompted by a sunset-focused social thing that I thought might be fun. I do this so rarely that it was tough to decide when to start to be up in time for the going down.
I penciled in 45 minutes as the longest it should take, and was happy to tally the #575th best time on HAZ at 32min up. From there, it was an enjoyable 2 hour break before stumbling downhill by the illumination of the valley's non-certified-dark-sky-city status. Add a few minutes to either end for distant parking, and I'm looking at a possible spot on the podium! 
In the year since I last did this, there are 14 more miles of concrete steps, trail erosion where it hasn't been paved yet and random concrete trail edging standing a yard or two uphill from where a million footsteps have destroyed what once was. One day they'll set concrete the whole way and just call it the Pie Steps. By then, the transformation from a pristine desert peak to a tourist trap with a view will be complete!
But, oh, those views!  Not a bad look at the valley from up there either. |
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