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| Hiking | 4.23 Miles |
827 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.23 Miles | 2 Hrs 38 Mns | | 2.35 mph |
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| no partners | | Wanted to hike to the top of Saint Clair Peak to see the Native American ruins and find a geocache (GC9NW6B). Parked near a gate to an off-road trail and headed off. The start of the trail makes you crawl over a locked gate, as the first ~1.2 miles used to be an old jeep trail. At ~0.2 miles in I passed a water well. Once I made it to ~1.4 miles in I reached a fork in the road, where the jeep trail continued right, I went left on a very overgrown jeep/foot trail.
Once I reached ~1.8 miles in, the overgrown jeep/foot trail ended. This is where the trail became hard, as I had to climb ~400 ft up the mountain to the ruins. There is also no trail, so you are bushwacking the entire way up. This part took me the longest, looks of catclaw, and it became a challenge to avoid them. I should have worn pants instead of shorts, my legs were scratched to hell once I was done.
Eventually made it to the ruins and continued up to the summit where the geocache was located. Made it to the summit and found the geocache (.30 cal ammo container), which also contains the original summit log. I did not stay long at the summit as there are gnats everywhere. Took a break at the ruins before I started the hike down. I started later than I wanted and off the trail at 10:30, ended up drinking 3.5 liters of water on the hike. |
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