Maverick Mountain 4604 - Tonto NF Photoset • joebartels • 2023-12-14 • HikeArizona.COM

	2023-12-14
	41 by joebartels

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Maverick Mountain 4604 - Tonto NF

Phoenix, AZ

Maverick Mountain 4604 - Tonto NF

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	14.20 Miles	3,334 AEG

Hiking	14.20 Miles	9 Hrs 11 Mns	1.95 mph
	3,334 ft AEG	1 Hour 55 Mns Break

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Park and start on FR3456 and head up FR1333. Nippy morning but heading straight up the hands were warm by 1.3 miles. The road has a split personality of a luge that is coated in ball bearings

4 miles: this is one impressive road walk! The desert is pristine compared to what you'll see roadside anywhere else north of Casa Grande.

Maverick from the east was class 3. It potentially could have been tedious without the 2012 Charley Fire. The 2023 Diamond Fire only snagged a 0.75-mi stretch of our loop SE of Maverick.

A good chunk of the off-trail heading up was enjoyably easier than the rollercoaster-rutted road. Lunch at the summit was divine: fab weather, multiple lakes along the Verde River, and topography galore

Slo-mo Sonoran glissading became a skillset heading down. The single-handed trick was to grip-n-slide a rock for the steering point of contact. LNT is not applicable within a half mile of a motorcycle trail.

We returned via Brush Corral Canyon. The first time I've ever enjoyed miles of sand. It was all descending. Clockwise woulda been a nightmare.

Synopsis
I enjoyed the hike despite the steep slopes and miles of ankle busters. No desire to hit it again. An agile hiker would have blazed through the areas that got on my nerves. The company was great, nobody else could have handled the whining.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Arizona Sycamore

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Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Indian Spring Peak Log Corral Spring Maverick Mountain

Autumn Foliage Observation Light
Most of the cottonwoods were prime. A few willows oo.

Wildflowers Observation Isolated
One yellow flower
One white flower
One hanging garden red flower

	Log Corral Canyon	Light flow	Light flow
	Unbelievable there was anything, flowing after a dry period.

	Log Corral Spring	Gallon + per minute	Gallon + per minute
	Just like Hawaii, water everywhere

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- joe

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