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| Hiking | 6.16 Miles |
2,080 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.16 Miles | 7 Hrs 12 Mns | | 1.09 mph |
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| no partners | | With the high season in the Supes upon us, I decided to revisit one of my favorite viewpoints – Geronimo Head. I have not been up here since 2018 (pre-fire). With my son #2 still in town, I wanted to get another hike with him before he’s off on his travels. This one seemed like a perfect fit – great views, good exercise and an excellent hike.
We arrived at Tortilla Flat and parked across the street and started up at 720am. For some reason, I can never seem to locate the official trail coming out of here. We ended up higher than we should have, but after a few adjustments, we found the trail going up to the Fragile Arch.
The up and down is part of the “charm” of this one. A couple rough saddles and then the climb up to the cliff edges. The trail is mostly clear if you know where to go. We made it up the last chute and hung a right and started up. The views up top are the draw of this one. It starts with great views of Canyon Lake, Four Peaks and the Superstition massif. As you move along, Boulder Canyon, Battleship, La Barge Creek/canyon and the rest of the western Supes.
We moved as close to the edges of the northern bluff as possible and worked our way over to the “actual” Geronimo Head across the little valley. We signed the registry, had a little lunch and soaked in the views. Saw a bunch of familiar names in there for sure.
I had loaded up yet another @DixieFlyer track on this one and we started back to complete the lasso-loop. We came across the usual drainage I take down but decided to keep following the track. There was a point were we got off that track and ended up way too low to get back up. We were in a steep area with the staggered layers of rock. It was a rough hike down to the drainage. We also came across a group of lady hikers that were across the little valley and they seemed a little lost. I am wondering if they were doing the same loop, but clockwise from the last saddle?? If you load my track on this one, I apologize in advance if you manage to follow it without cursing my name!
We made it to the chute going down and followed the trail back down to the parking lot. Tortilla Flats was a zoo. We contemplated having an after hike beer to celebrate surviving the hike, but there were people stacked up along the front of the saloon. No thanks. We opted to have one at home.
You can definitely tell which areas were burnt in the fire. Lots of grass in some places which means the possibility of more fires in the future. The views were spectacular in spite of mostly cloudly conditions. We heard voices coming from below, but after checking multiple times, we did not see anyone up on Battleship. No critters at all spotted, that was a disappointment as I have seen deer and sheep up here in the past.
Another awesome hike in the Supes. |
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