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| Hiking | 15.96 Miles |
4,040 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.96 Miles | 10 Hrs 31 Mns | | 1.89 mph |
| 4,040 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 3 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | After hiking up to Peak 7571 last week, I thought that I'd hike up to Peak 7579 and see if I could handle the extra 8 feet of rarified air.
I should have done this hike from the Mount Peeley TH, but for some reason I decided to do it from the Barnhardt TH. I think that it was shorter to do it from Barnhardt, but the downside is that I had to hike the full length of the Y-Bar Trail not once, but twice. Not good.
The Y-Bar Trail was rockier than I remembered it (selective memory perhaps) and it was slow going and not very enjoyable. Once past the saddle where you'd turn to go to Mazzy Peak, the trail got better and it wasn't too bad from the saddle to the Mazatzal Divide Trail. The Divide Trail was a piece of cake for the short time that I was on it. The off-trail portion of the hike was worse than I thought that it would be: lots of deadfall, very rocky tread, some manzanita to push through, and a section of dense young pine trees to go through. At least I avoided the pine trees on the way back down. Views at the summit were great, so I stayed up there for a while.
On the way back in the off-trail portion, my Garmin GPS somehow fell off of my backpack, so I had to backtrack a bit to retrieve it, which added probably 1/4 mile and 100 feet of elevation gain to the hike. I use the Garmin as a backup to route scout, and even though it isn't my primary navigational device I did not want to lose it.
This hike was WAY slower than I thought that it would be. I probably didn't go over 2 mph on much of the Y-Bar Trail, and the off-trail portion was even slower than that. If I was to ever do this hike again I'd start from the Peeley TH and take the Mazatzal Divide Trail over to Peak 7579.
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I am confident in saying that the soles of my shoes will never again touch the Y-Bar Trail! |
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Wildflowers Observation Light
There were quite a few yellow flowers along the way (I have to find out what they are), which added some color to the hike. |
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Y Bar Spring |
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| | | I do not know how much water was at the spring, but there was water running across the Y Bar Trail | | _____________________
| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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