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| Hiking | 9.66 Miles |
2,039 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.66 Miles | 7 Hrs 12 Mns | | 1.51 mph |
| 2,039 ft AEG | 48 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This hike was to the Nutt Benchmark (elevation of 5,216 feet and prominence of 1,776 feet), which is not too far from Kingman.
I started and ended the hike at Sitgreaves Pass.
There was no trail at the parking lot, and it took me a minute or two to figure out that I needed to go up an embankment to start the hike. There was no trail to follow, although there were numerous burro trails and/or social trails to follow along the way.
The route involved going NE for about 4 miles to get around a deep canyon that prevented a more direct route to the summit. Once past the canyon, I went NW up a ridge to get to the summit.
The route finding was not the easiest that I have ever done, and for most of the way there was lots of ankle busting lava rock to deal with. There were hardly any stretches on the hike where I was moving at a normal hiking pace. There were a couple of long stretches on the hike where there was a decent trail to follow, but on other stretches I was going from one burro trail to another. I found the route finding more difficult on the way back, and I got off-course a few times; however, with the help of a GPS I was able to get back on track.
The climb and scramble up to the summit was kinda fun. From a distance it looked like it could be interesting, but I kept the ascent to class 1.
Early on in the hike I heard a few wild burros, and then saw 3 of them on top of a ridgeline to the east. These burros seem more reclusive than the burros around Lake Pleasant.
At the summit I located the benchmark and 2 reference marks. However, the summit register log is either no longer there or someone did a good job of hiding it.
With all of the lava rock to hike through, this hike was definitely type 2 fun. I was cussing the trail by the time that I got to the summit, but the views up there were really, really nice so I got to thinking that the hike wasn't so bad afterall. Then the trail was something of a suckfest on the way back, so by the time that I got to the TH I was telling myself that this hike was a DNR. However, now I am sitting here thinking of what I would do differently if I do the hike again! |
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