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| Hiking | 3.92 Miles |
1,416 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.92 Miles | 3 Hrs 40 Mns | | 1.07 mph |
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| no partners | | I started at a slightly different point than I planned because I took a wrong turn. Later, I realized it would have been better to park in the other place. My route added a total of 2/3 of a mile to the roundtrip distance of my hike.
Tim T and I arrived at a good starting point around 9 am. We started off heading East across an open field. This was the "Open Country" part of the hike and it was fairly easy. Within the first 15 minutes, we crossed 2 or 3 washes and some were not trivial. After about 15 minutes, we found some very good cattle trails and followed them for roughly one mile. After hiking a total of 0.5 miles, we saw a good sized concrete dam with a pond behind it. It looked like cattle were hanging out in this area but there weren't any cattle when we passed through. Up ahead, we saw a canyon to our right and the trails seemed to drop down into the canyon a few times. The trails starting heading up and after hiking a total of 1.3 miles, we were on the ridge we wanted to be on. From here, there was no real trail leading up. We just bushwhacked up a steep slope, weaving through rock formations and brush. Higher up there were more trees - pines, oak, etc. and the brush got progressively thicker and the slope got even steeper. The last push near the top was quite steep. There were many holes which appeared to be dug by animals but we weren't sure what. Those holes did help us a bit because they provided a place to step at times. After getting to what we thought was the top, we had to hike another 0.1 miles to the summit, zig zagging through a dense, messy forest of brush, mostly dead or burned trees.
At the summit, we found a registry which we signed. There was a bit of a breeze which made it feel comfortable, and the air temp felt like upper 70s at over 6 K feet elevation even though the high temp for Tucson was 95 this day. It's been a HOT summer and hopefully we will settle down into the 80s SOON...
On the way down, we basically, followed the same basic route, but took a more direct route down. Overall the bushwhack was pretty rough with a lot of loose rock, some very steep slopes where we had to use our hands. The cattle trails on the lower section made that part a bit easier.
Roundtrip mileage = 3.92
AEG = 1,416 feet
Strava moving time = 2 hrs 20 mins
Strava elapsed time = 4 hrs 18 mins |
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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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