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| Hiking | 8.67 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 8.67 Miles | 3 Hrs 55 Mns | | 2.63 mph |
| 1,315 ft AEG | 37 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | This was a fun section. The weather today was very cloudy and cold, and even a little rain later in the day. But of course as we all know, that makes perfect hiking weather in Arizona! The day had a not-so-great start when I got pulled over speeding on the road toward Oracle. I was only going 11 over, and thankfully the officer just wrote me up with a warning and not an actual ticket.
With the drive from Phoenix complete, we staged my mountain bike at the American Flag trailhead and then drove south to Tiger Mine Road trailhead. Both are easy to access in a passenger vehicle. From Tiger Mine, it was a mostly uphill hike to get back up to the main highway, and this section of trail was actually on the gravel road leading to Tiger Mine TH. That out of the way, we then enjoyed the next section through Oracle State Park with its varied vegetation, and phenomenal views of Mt. Lemmon ahead of us. It doesn't get any better than this. Generally, we go south to north on the AZT, but in this case, we wanted to go towards Mt Lemmon for the views, and also that made the return mountain biking trip a little easier. 
After arriving at the American Flag TH, mom got a chance to explore the old post office while I rode my first ever section of AZT on my mountain bike, passage 13 that we had just hiked, back to the car. It was a blast! I think I've found a new favorite activity. Of course we all love hiking. But the AZT is such nice mountain biking trail, it's really hard not to fall in love with biking it. I think the next section I do on the bike might be 16/17, the Gila River Canyon. |
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