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| Hiking | 12.93 Miles |
2,783 AEG |
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| no partners | | This was a hike to Chubb Mountain (elevation of 5,758 feet and prominence of 1,078 feet). Chubb Mountain is in the Sierra Ancha Mountains, in the Greenback Valley area east of Punkin Center.
I was going to turn off of FR 71 onto FR 236, then make my way over to a gate on FR 1416, and then hike from there. However, I was not sure of the quality of FR 236, so I drove a short distance beyond the turn for FR 236 and parked outside the gate for the Conway Ranch. I then made my way around the periphery of the Conway Ranch and took some old pack roads over to FR 1416, which I took to the base of Chubb Mountain. I then bushwhacked up the west slopes of Chubb Mountain to the summit.
This was a very scenic hike, and FR 1416 was in decent shape most of the way. Most of this road was in better shape than FR 609 which I had driven to Copper Mountain a couple of days before this hike.
The Chubb Mountain summit was a disappointment though -- lots of trees obscured the views. Plus it was like a prickly pear cactus garden at the summit.
The bushwhacking up to the summit wasn't the worst that I have ever done, but it was slow going. There was some prickly pear and agave to dodge on the way up, and there were quite a few trees that were as wide as they were tall along the way, which hampered visibility on the way up. I just took it slow and had no real issues.
I saw 3 white tailed deer on the way back, but that was it for wildlife.
I wouldn't mind going back out to this scenic area sometime, but with the limited views at the summit I would not hike up to Chubb Mountain again. |
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