DESTINATION Suizo Mountains Hi Pt 3370 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 6.80 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.80 Miles | 3 Hrs 5 Mns | | 2.21 mph |
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| no partners | | | I started this solo hike early in the morning to avoid the heat. I started near the intersection of Park Line drive and Suizo wash. I also researched the Pinal county Land status viewer (https://pinal.maps.arcgis.com/) to make sure there was a clear route not on private land. I knew ahead of time that there was private property to the West and South of that starting point, but it appeared pretty easy to go around it. It's best to start on the South side of Park Line drive and walk to the Suizo wash, go under the bridge and once across continue North to avoid private property. At a certain point, I saw a sign saying AZ state trust land. The sign had so many bullet holes in it, it was a bit hard to read. Anyway, it didn't appear to be private property, so I proceeded. It looked as though others have went this way also. I bushwhacked until I ran into an old road/trail and followed that NW for a while. When it looked like I was getting too far away from Suizo mountain, I bushwhacked West away from the trail I was on until I hit a wash and then followed it for a while until I was closer to the summit. From there it was a relatively easy bushwhack to the top. I found and signed a registry at the high point. There were some hawks or ravens circling around above me, coming quite close. The oldest log entries were from Aug 1991, which is not so common to see. There was a log entry in Dec 1991 by a 10 year old named Tony Granek who made it to the top. That same 10 year old would be 41 today. I took a more direct way down running into a trail going South which connected up with a wash that ended up taking me North, so there was a bit of a backtrack there. I followed the wash going North and found some cattle which ran away from me as usual. After about 0.5 miles going North, the wash turned to the East and continued. I followed the wash going East until I ran into the same road/trail that I was on earlier. From there I went back almost the same route I followed earlier. I walked the fence line just to see what was there as I wasn't sure if there were any trail easements, but didn't see any. Again, I recommend following the wash under the bridge to the South side of Park Line drive to avoid having to squeeze through any fences. This hike would have been better in fall/winter, but still enjoyable and not too humid early in the morning. |
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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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