DESTINATION Durham Hills High Point 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 5.74 Miles |
1,022 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.74 Miles | 3 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.64 mph |
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| no partners | | | From where I parked, I walked North to the wide and long wash, called "Suffering Wash" that I just drove across minutes before. Strange name and no, I didn't happen to do any suffering during my wash walk. I did see a herd of cattle near where I parked. Hopefully those cattle weren't the ones suffering. I followed this sandy and sometimes deep sand wash West for about 0.8 miles and then walked out of the North side and up the ridge. By the time I reached just over 1 mile, I saw an old road, which was probably an old mining road. This road took me North and then Northeast. After about 10 minutes of being on the road, I saw my first rattlesnake of the year. I saw it before it rattled, then I got a little closer to see if it would rattle. It did which was a good sign. It coiled a little bit and just bent it's neck to look at me. It wasn't going to move, so I tossed a few small stones at it and then it eventually moved off the road and out of the way. We need to keep them afraid of us. I continued on the road. The road seemed to take me to the ridgeline and then the road continued to lower elevation, so this is where I started my "open country" hike going up the ridgeline. There were a few places where I needed to squeeze between some cactus, palo verde, and maybe a few catclaw bush, but overall, this hike was 90% open country and only 10% bushwhack. There was probably 2 small saddles along the way, but I eventually made it to the end point, found a glass jar registry and signed my name. Near the peak, I saw some larger birds perched up high and they flew off as I approached. I believe they were turkey vultures and I could tell by the reddish head. Along the entire hike I saw a lot of wildflowers, lots of lupine especially, some yellow and orange poppies, chickory, Arizona daisies, miniature woolystar, and an occasional blue chia. On the way down I took the road down further to see where it went and it continued West. When I started to get too far West, I dropped down to Suffering Wash and hiked back East to where I parked. Overall this was a good hike and it had a nice summit that extended for a good distance. |
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
lots of lupine especially, some yellow and orange poppies, chickory, Arizona daisies, miniature woolystar, and an occasional blue chia |
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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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