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| Hiking | 4.57 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 4.57 Miles | 4 Hrs 2 Mns | | 1.37 mph |
| 1,577 ft AEG | 42 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I had spent the night in Sierra Vista and decided to hike to this peak on my way back to the VOS.
I drove in 3 miles on E Keith Ranch Road from Cascabel Road, and parked before a gate that had a sign prohibiting vehicular traffic but allowing foot travel. The road was in good shape and most vehicles could make the drive I think.
My original plan was to drive another 1.25 miles and park near a clearing and leave the road from there. I gained about 500 feet in elevation in the first mile on the road, before dropping about 150 feet on my way to the clearing. It made no sense to do this since the 150 feet would have to be regained, but the GPS track that I had created started from the clearing so I decided to go there anyway.
I went cross country for a ways, before going up a fairly steep slope to a ridgeline that was my target. It wasn't all that steep but it was a bit brushy in places. Once on the ridgeline I went about a half mile to the summit. The ridgeline was rocky and brushy in places, and there was a good bit of scrambling to do while going across the ridgeline. There was nothing sketchy or technical, and it was mostly what I would call easy class 2 scrambling. It was fairly slow going however, at least for me.
I eventually got to the summit and enjoyed the really nice views up there.
On the way back I got tired of being on the ridgeline so I decided to descend when I was about halfway back to my ascent point on the ridgeline. The upper part of my descent route was a bit steep, but the grade lessened soon enough. It was also less brushy than the way that I came up to the ridgeline. The descent was more efficient than the way that I came up, and I got back on the road at just about where I should have.
I enjoyed this hike -- it was wide open with not much obstructing your views. It was a pretty straightforward hike, and if I lived closer I would likely do this one again. |
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| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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