DESTINATION Peak 4416 - Tortolita Mountains 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 9.00 Miles |
1,887 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.00 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 1.80 mph |
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| no partners | | | Chris and I had a late start and got to the trailhead around 12:40 pm. We met and chatted with 5 women hikers in a group and 2 different mountain bikers. We overshot the junction because my Samsung S10 phone was not showing our GPS location in the PeakBagger app. I had to do a hard reset and after turning it back on, we discovered that we overshot the junction by 1/4 mile, so had to backtrack a bit. I believe I had some kind of phone hardware failure, which was quite annoying. Hope this is not a problem again. Anyway, we were expecting to do a 0.4 mile bushwhack from the Wild Mustang trail to the summit but realized there was a good trail that went basically all the way to the top. Near the top there were a few cairns but not quite enough. We managed to lose the trail in a few areas, and just ended up doing some rock climbing to get to the summit. We summited just before 4 pm but we probably spent nearly an hour talking with the various people we encountered. We probably spent 30 minutes at the peak, signed a registry at the top, and then started heading down. We also saw a painted rock on the summit that was purposely left there by someone with a label of 'Green Valley Rocks'. On the way down we didn't see any other hikers or bikers and got down about 30 minutes after sunset. We decided to do a quick tour of the Ritz Carlton resort, dining area, heated pool, etc. What a wonderful looking resort. Someday I'd like to stay there. All in all, this was a great hike that I might want to repeat someday when I run out of other new stuff to do. |
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Michael Williams
IT Professional
Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
www.beachfrontmexico.us
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