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| Hiking | 16.88 Miles |
1,484 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.88 Miles | 7 Hrs 2 Mns | | 2.56 mph |
| 1,484 ft AEG | 27 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I planned to start from the Sunset Trailhead, but I wasn't aware that Schultz Pass Road is closed for a fire thinning project. I was able to quickly adjust and found the other end of where I was going to end my hike where the AZT intersects Snow Bowl Road. There are two small parking areas there, so I pulled in one of them and was on my way.
Temperature was pretty cool to start at 45 degrees so I put on a sweatshirt. It didn't take long to not need it, but it also never got warm enough to need to take it off. Most of this section is very level and goes thru the ponderosas with some open meadows here and there and glimpses of the San Francisco Peaks. At about 9:20am I could tell that the eclipse was dimming the sunlight enough to make things look odd. That only lasted about 25 minutes and then everything was normal again.
Just passed the split of the urban and equestrian bypass along the equestrian bypass was the nicest spot that opened up and gave the best view of the peaks. Lots of color on the south slopes from the aspens and some other trees.
I took the AZT all the way to the start of Passage 34 by the Weatherford TH and then took the Schultz Creek Trail back to Passage 33. At that junction I took a lunch break and then hiked 3/4 of mile south on 33 and headed back up to 34 and back to where I parked.
Saw only a few hikers, mostly bikers, but not even a whole lot of those. No wildlife other than some chipmunks. 7 hours of hiking through the pines in 60-70 degree weather, very peaceful. |
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