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| Hiking | 9.58 Miles |
1,816 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.58 Miles | 5 Hrs 33 Mns | | 1.79 mph |
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| partners | | On our second day in Sierra Vista we hiked the Brown Canyon Trail, starting at Brown Canyon Ranch. No one at the Trail Head when we started the temperature was 30 degrees. Checked out the Buildings and Windmill at the ranch site before starting our hike. There is a fee for parking at the Ranch but if you have the National Park Pass you don’t pay.
The first part of the hike is along a gentle uphill sloping trail in an Oak Juniper grassland, very scenic especially after the monsoons. At two miles in is the junction with the Pomona mine Trail. Take this trail if you want a good workout to an old mine with a spectacular view to the east and overlooking Sierra Vista. We didn’t do that this trip. Just past this junction the trail leaves the old two track that the trail has followed from the start (Actually just looks like a wide trail but you can tell it use to be a jeep trail) and becomes an actual trail. At this point you enter Miller Peak Wilderness area. The trail continues on up Brown Canyon to a saddle that overlooks Ramsey Canyon. Some more mining remnants along the trail and a couple of springs. Brown Creek has a light flow along this section. We hiked just a little way past this saddle and returned the way we came.
Back at Brown Ranch we took the nature trail with a short side trip to get a closer view of the dirigible on Fort Huachuca. Overall a great hike with a good workout. |
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