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| Hiking | 17.60 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 17.60 Miles | 11 Hrs 8 Mns | | 1.58 mph |
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| partners | | Had yesterday's hike on my list for while now and was finally able to make it happen. Scott, Andy, the Superstition Encyclopedia Wally and I headed up the Campaign trailhead to hike this loop. Campaign had a ton of water but was a tough slough with tons of route finding and boulder hopping as the trail is mostly non existent due to the Woodbury fire and the subsequent erosion. By the time we got to the Campaign/Fireline junction I was already gassed, but the break under the pine trees helped to re-energize me as we started the big climb up Fireline. Fireline to the ridgeline was my least favorite part of the day. It is a never ending steep climb through torched trees that used to dot the landscape. The initial backside of Fireline is completely different, as it's a lush pine tree forest that was not touched by the fire, however the further down Fireline you go it's back to a torched wasteland with prickly bushes. My tired legs were relieved to finally hit the Reavis Ranch junction, taking a break near the old ranch foundation. We then started up the Reavis Gap trail, which had an initial ascent before leveling out and finally heading down into Pine Creek. This section was my favorite of the day, with it's lush landscape and cool rock formations. Took a quick break near Pine Creek (which had a ton of water) and made the final big climb up Reavis Gap. It's always a slow descent down the steep, slippery Gap trail and Wally pointed out a couple of old Indian ruins which took some additional time. By the time we got back to the Gap/Campaign trail junction it was dark enough for the headlamps the rest of the hike out, finally making it back to Andy's truck at 8pm, taking just over 11 hours. Long day with great company, checking out a couple of areas I had not been to yet. This was probably my last big Superstition hike of the season as the temps are warming up, but I was able to knock off a ton of sections this fall/winter as I am down to less then a handful of trails before completing every Superstition wilderness hike. Thanks Andy, Scott, and Wally for tagging along for this awesome adventure.
**I took these stats from Andy's RS tracking. For some reason mine had serious issues with straight diagonal lines everywhere and had me constantly on break (I think it totaled 4 hours of breaks for me). |
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