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| no partners | | | Was back in the Mazzies yesterday looking for something moderate to hike, came across some triplogs for Half Moon and gave it a shot. I started from the bottom section, which starts at the Barnhardt TH and goes to the Rock Creek TH. Temps were good when I started from Barnhardt with a couple of cars at the TH already. Trail is extremely rocky from the start and drops 150 feet right off the bat down into the end of Barnhardt Canyon which had some nice flow in the creek. The trail then skirts the wilderness boundary passing by Eisenhauer and Half Moon Springs. Once I passed Half Moon Spring the trail has a short climb to a gate then drops down into the biggest catclaw forest I've even seen! Fortunately the trail through it is nice and wide and clear, so no blood loss. After that the trail drops down into a nice riparian area in Rock Creek before climbing up a small ridge then a roller coaster of up's and down before finally descending to the Rock Creek TH. The last mile to the Rock Creek TH really dragged as it got tiring climbing up only to have the trail give up the elevation you just climbed. Had lunch by the creek with the thousands of knat's that were there and headed back. The hike back to the truck was hot and it really slowed me down, having to stop multiple times in the shade to cool off and rehydrate. It was 81 degrees and people might say that's not hot, but hiking with a pack on climbing uphill in the sun is HOT for me. Another beautiful hike in the Mazatzal Wilderness as I saw no one else the entire day, but the lower elevation hikes are over for me till the fall, just too hot for anything lower. |
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