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Pinals 1/2x Unsuper Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 10.48 Miles |
2,286 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.48 Miles | 5 Hrs 16 Mns | | 2.33 mph |
| 2,286 ft AEG | 46 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Fun and easier way to do this hike especially with the lower half of the Pinals severely burned in the last fire. Drove to the top and parked at Icehouse trailhead. Started down and immediately ran into the mountain biking trail crew (refer to Chumley's triplog for the full report  ). Trail sweeping was their game but hiking was ours.
Hiking down Icehouse it was immediately apparent we were a bit early. Some of the prime spots were still mostly green and the lower we descended the greener it got. Eventually we hit the midway junction and followed the trail over to the Sixshooter side. This section was impacted by the burn so we had some brush, downfall and erosion to navigate but could still follow the trail.
Once on the Sixshooter side we were out of the burn zone but still green trees. We ascended to the Sixshooter junction and went down the trail a bit hoping to get some color but nothing materialized. We turned around heading back up Sixshooter toward Ferndell Spring. More color in the top 3/4 mile section to the spring and of course parking lot at Ferndell was really nice as usual. Basically the color was pretty much isolated to the Ferndell Spring and immediate surrounding area.
Headed over to Pinal Peak and lookout rock for lunch. Then instead of hiking the road back to Icehouse we hopped on Middle Trail and Pipeline for most of it. Fun trails as I've never hiked them before. Nice to hit the Pinals again! |
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