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| | Hiking | 10.10 Miles | 6 Hrs | | 1.68 mph |
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| no partners | | I did this solo hike 13 days after spraining my right ankle on the Flat Iron (Superstitions). My ankle is at 90+% now and I had minimal pain/discomfort while hiking. I parked my capable 4x4 as soon as the road got really bad and didn't want to deal with the huge rocks and bad erosion in some places. I ended up walking down the road, staying to the right, and after hiking roughly 0.4 miles from where I parked, I saw a cul-de-sac just up ahead and a wash to my left. You will want to walk to the wash and look for a trail entrance here. You'll also see a fence line that says no vehicles allowed. Here's where you can enter the Baby Jesus trail, although I didn't see any signs anywhere on my entire hike. The trail was maintained very nicely but there were a few tricky places where I lost the trail. A GPS is helpful to use for that reason. On the way up I saw 2 hunters coming down, and about 1/2 mile further 2 women hiking down. They said there were petroglyphs about 4 miles out and I didn't think to ask specifically where they were but after summiting the high point, I did continue on the main trail to try to find these petroglyphs. I didn't find any so I'll need to research this further. If you just hike to the high point and back, the round trip distance should be about 6.6 miles. I ended up hiking 10.1 miles all day with the added distance for exploration. I was able to explore some rocky areas South of the high point but didn't see any petroglyphs. I suspect they are not in a wash/canyon but probably higher up. Not sure if they are near the trail or not.
Near the high point I found a plastic jar registry that was hidden pretty well. The first entry was in 2009 and there were no other entries until 2021! Then, a few more this year including mine.
Apparently I also summited peak 3,887 just by chance, while I was looking for petroglyphs. |
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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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