Mount Ord from Slate Creek TH Photoset • DixieFlyer • 2022-04-06 • HikeArizona.COM

Mount Ord from Slate Creek TH, AZ

	2022-04-06
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Mount Ord from Slate Creek TH

Payson, AZ

Mount Ord from Slate Creek TH

Payson, AZ

Hiking	15.69 Miles	3,988 AEG

Hiking	15.69 Miles	6 Hrs 29 Mns	2.84 mph
	3,988 ft AEG	57 Mns Break

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It was another day, and another hike to Mount Ord.

There was a decent wildflower showing within about 3 miles or so of the trailhead, which made that part of the hike nicer than normal.

This time I went down and back out of the trench that has formed across the road about half-way up FR 27. It looked like someone had dug out a couple of footholds in the sides of the trench, and I had no trouble getting out of it.

The parking lot at the Slate Creek TH is starting to look like a trash dump -- there is litter everywhere. When I go to the TH about 7AM a couple of people were sleeping in their car -- a sign of the times I guess.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Arizona Penstemon Bluewitch nightshade Desert Globemallow Field Bindweed Fleabane Gooding's Verbena New Mexico Thistle

Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Wildflowers were decent within 3 miles or so of the TH, highlighted by Gooding's verbena and western wallflower.

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