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Long - Bear - Quien - Houston - Rock Crossing, AZ
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| Hiking | 14.32 Miles |
1,693 AEG |
| | Hiking | 14.32 Miles | 6 Hrs 5 Mns | | 2.64 mph |
| 1,693 ft AEG | 40 Mns Break | 14 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | I received an invite to hike with the Moe, Curley and a couple of their friends Ryan and Hillary.
I met them at their campsite just south of CC Cragin at the crack of 8:30am. After setting up the shuttle, we started hiking a bit after 9:00am. 9L, Ryan and Hillary were just doing Long Draw, General Springs Canyon with us. They were going to float around on the lake after that.
Chums and I headed up Bear Canyon. We'd actually seen quite a bit of bear sign to this point. We opted to add a couple of miles and hike up Quien Sabe Draw (Translated - Who Knows Draw) to the Fred Haught #141 at the spring.
After lunch at Pinchot cabin, we headed down Houston Draw. Easy walking to begin with, and the draw turned more canyonlike the closer we got to the lake. The only semi tricky portion was the 100 yards when the lake started, on the sidehill traverse to get to the ridgeline going up.
Chums took a dip in the lake and chatted up the campers fishing there.
Up Telephone Ridge from the lake for the steepest climb of the day. Down Rock Crossing 8C to 8B and up to FR123 to finish a fun day in Rim Country. |
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