Spur Cross Mud Bog Photoset • LosDosSloFolks • 2023-02-27 • HikeArizona.COM

Spur Cross Mud Bog, AZ

	2023-02-27
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Spur Cross Mud Bog, AZ

Hiking	4.04 Miles	548 AEG

Hiking	4.04 Miles
	548 ft AEG		4 LBS Pack

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Dragonfly Trail - Spur Cross

Tortuga Trail - Spur Cross

Spur Cross Trail

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My plan for today was a trek up to the 6L Ranch. The weather was perfect but the trail conditions were not. The recent rain and snow has Cave Creek running strongly. The farther north you go the more water there is. There are about 8 crossings in each direction for the 6L trip. I don't mind rock hopping but shoe and sock removal that many times didn't sound enticing.

Plan B was a short loop in Spur Cross with Cathy. They had the wood bridges in place for all two of our crossings. Things were OK till we got on top of the plateau above Black Mesa Creek. The trail turned to mud and stayed that way for the remainder of the loop. Quite a bit of snow still in the shady areas of the trail. The slog through soft mud was less than fun but the day was gorgeous and my company was superb.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Dichelostemma capitatum

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Gila Petroglyph Style (Abstract) Gila Petroglyph Style (Anthropomorphic) Gila Petroglyph Style (Zoomorphic) Gila Plain Hohokam Surface Structure

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Cave Creek Elephant Mountain

Meteorology

Meteorology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Snow