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| Davenport Trail Maintenance - NorthPeakSummit, AZ | |
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Davenport Trail Maintenance - NorthPeakSummit, AZ
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| Backpack | 37.84 Miles |
11,400 AEG |
| | Backpack | 37.84 Miles | 7 Days | | |
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| partners | | Two part backpack in the Mazatzal Range checking out The Park and North Peak before heading over to Davenport Trail for some maintenance for 7 day total. On Fridy hiked in North Peak Trail with John 9L and camped at the Park. After relaxing night at camp the next morning, I decided to hike North Peak while John decided to hike AZT to Rock Creek Trail and check that out.
The hike up North Peak is all off trail and very steep and my approach was from the south since we camped at The Park. It just so happened that Chumley was day hiking North Peak that day but approached from the north side since he was coming from the trailhead. We both had cell signal so was able to text on our progress and eventually we met at the summit for a break and take in the views. After the summit we hiked back down the south approach to The Park where were met up with John and hung out around camp for a bit. Eventually Chumley had to hike back to the trailhead while we enjoyed another night at The Park.
Next morning 9L headed out back to North Peak Trail while I hiked southbound on AZT towards Chilson Camp where I was meeting up with Alex around Noon. We literally hit the junction at Chilson the same moment and took a break. Then the 3.5 mile hike to our campsite to setup our trail maintenance.
First day of trail maintenance went well but the brush is really thick in this section. It’s the last section of the brushy spots before the trail starts to open up as it heads west towards Club Ranch. However, this section will not give up easily, so we really had to work hard to make the progress that we did.
Second, day was more of the same with hard slog cutting manzanita, scrub oak and other assorted scrub brush. However, we were able to consistently find old trail tread, so we knew that at least we were not cutting completely new trail even if it felt like it at times. Day 2 came to a close and headed back to camp around 4pm.
From the forecast we knew that it would rain overnight and it did quite a bit. Continued into the morning so we didn’t get going on trail work until around 10am. Of course, things were very wet and muddy so that slowed down the work. To compensate we worked until just before sundown to maximize the time. However, even with that we were not able to finish the really brushy section finishing about two tenths of mile from where the trail opens up more. Just have to make another trip out to finish it off.
Back to camp for the last night at the same spot. Next morning, we just had to hike out the 11.5 miles to Barnhardt trailhead. Nice hike back across the Mazatzal and managed to make it out by about 3pm. |
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Hopi Spring |
Dripping |
Dripping |
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Pete's Pond |
26-50% full |
26-50% full |
| | | water was a bit murky but plenty of it. There were some smaller pools nearby that had better looking water | | _____________________
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