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| Hiking | 21.62 Miles |
6,469 AEG |
| | Hiking | 21.62 Miles | 14 Hrs 16 Mns | | 1.65 mph |
| 6,469 ft AEG | 1 Hour 9 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Matt and I got started from Catalina State Park a few minutes after 0500 and headed up Sutherland. Cool temps, but a long sleeve shirt was sufficient. Lamps for the first couple of miles.
A couple of miles in, where the trail switched from single track to the old dirt road, Matt looked uphill and said “this is going to be dreadful.”
I replied with “this was your f$&king idea.” To which he replied “I’m not known for brilliant ideas.” The next few miles flew past quickly. The steep ascent up to the ridge was slower, and the trail in poor condition in some places, but route finding was easy since we were just on this portion of the trail a couple of months ago.
Once on the ridge, progress slowed due to route finding in many places. The hiking itself was reasonably easy, but finding where to go chewed up a lot of time. Once the trail became more obvious, it was steeper, still keeping progress slow. There were a few lingering patches of ice along the very upper reaches of Sutherland.
Took a break at the Sutherland-Mt Lemmon 5 trail. The 5 is supposedly closed at this point, between the top and Wilderness of Rocks, but we didn’t have a whole lot of options. There were signs of plenty of foot traffic on the trail, so we headed downhill on 5. Saw two backpackers on the section. The trail is in decent shape, so I’m not sure the logic behind closing it anyway. Once past the WOR jct, we passed four thruhikers as we were heading down to Romero Pass. This section of trail sucks to hike downhill. While the views were nice, I did not particularly care for this couple of miles.
At Romero Pass, we headed down Romero, which I guess is also technically closed. The upper part has some very steep, eroded spots, but most of the trail is okay. Lots of locust for the upper mile or so, then the vegetation isn’t too bad. Nice to be headed downhill, although the trail was rocky at times. Running water was pleasant too. Needed lamps again for the final mile, finishing up at 1920.
Perfect day and weather for this one. And good to see Matt again! |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
A few flowers here and there. Seems pretty dry though. |
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