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| | Hiking | 7.36 Miles | 2 Hrs 39 Mns | | 2.78 mph |
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| no partners | | I arrived at the Fry's parking lot at the bottom of Switzer Canyon to sunny skies with some clouds. this was much more welcome than the nearby storm over by Walnut Canyon. I headed southbound to make the other crossing under I-40, so a little further and head back.
the trail follows sidewalks and parts of the FUTS over to the Rio de Flag wastewater treatment plant and the goes around an effluent pond an up the hill into the forest. I can't tell but it looks like the AZT may have been redesignated along some streets there. I followed the markers, but the part along 180 from Butler St to Fry's doesn't seem to have markers. And the track I had seemed to show crossing the intersection where there is currently no crosswalk.
The best part of this hike was obviously once I got past the urban area and into the woods, although walking through seldom seen parts of urban infrastructure are still interesting to me as an engineer. I turned around at the 3 mile mark since the brewing storm to the east that I left seemed to be creeping a bit closer. Once i got back to Fry's I still had an hour to kill so I headed up Switzer Canyon a bit to the roundabout and headed back. Total mileage for the day was 17.3. It would have been nicer to do this all one way and get some more of the trail done, but considering how bleak things looked the day before, I was glad to get a full day of hiking in.
Took 17 back to Phoenix. The road conditions have gotten way worse. Lots of necessary resurfacing going on, but I think they need to pick up the pace a bit. Also nice to see the construction for the extra lanes through Black canyon. That's going to take quite a long time I'm sure, but very much needed. |
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