AZ Trail Santa Rita Mountains Photoset • markthurman53 • 2023-11-14 • HikeArizona.COM

AZ Trail Santa Rita Mountains, AZ

	2023-11-14
	15 by markthurman53

AZ Trail Santa Rita Mountains, AZ

Hiking	9.18 Miles	1,205 AEG

Hiking	9.18 Miles	4 Hrs 48 Mns		1.95 mph
	1,205 ft AEG	6 Mns Break	20 LBS Pack

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Las Colinas - AZT #6

Santa Rita Mountains - AZT #5

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mamakatt22

Started from Helvetia road and headed south for 4.5 miles. The Arizona Trail from hope Camp to the north to this point along the Santa Ritas just keeps getting better with this hike being the most scenic. Love the juniper, oak, grassland surroundings. This section is also one of the more challenging (but not difficult) as it is a continuous uphill. Light overcast skies with wispy clouds made for a comfortable hike. We hiked to a point along the Arizona trail that we had hiked last year and returned the way we came.

The trail has seen some maintenance very recently and is in good condition. Only saw one other pair of hikers doing a two day along this stretch. Saw a couple of white tail deer in one of the canyons, they were doing their best to avoid the hunters as it is hunting season. The usual cattle along this section. No water along this trail

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