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Pink Hill Vanover Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 4.27 Miles |
259 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.27 Miles | 1 Hour 49 Mns | | 2.35 mph |
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| partners | | Back in Tucson but since its close to Thanksgiving there is not a lot of time to do any real hiking. We opted to do a short close to home hike in Saguaro National Monument. We started close to sunset because nothing enhances the desert more than a setting sun unless its a morning sun but that would require me getting up early and going out in the cold (I'm turning into such a wimp).
We started at the Broadway Trail Head and took the Pink hill Trail to the Loma Verde then returned on the Vanover. We summited on Pink Hill right near sunset for some great views of the setting sun. Pink Hill isn't much of a hill, in fact you have to try hard to even imagine a hill but by Lubbock standards its a hill. Other than the scenery there isn't a lot to say about these trails. The wash crossings are interesting, different from the desert but harder to walk in. On this hike we cross the Loma Verde and Javelina Washes. During the summer after the monsoons the growth in the washes is quite thick, now there is just a lot of dead brush. The trails are as would be expected in the Park quite good and getting lost on them would be hard, in fact I had to laugh when I saw that someone put cairns along some sections of the trail.
We fished the hike just as it was getting dark. Didn't have to worry about rattle snakes this time as they are all snoozing for the winter. Lots of people at the trail head but once on the trail we saw only one person and that was on Pink Hill (knob, bump). At the trail Head when we started the hike there was a park ranger there checking for passes, I have never seen this before especially for hiking. Any way he said we didn't have to show him just say yes or no. We said yes and went on our way. |
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