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| Hiking | 1.61 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 1.61 Miles | 1 Hour 30 Mns | | 1.07 mph |
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| no partners | | I've been wanting to hike up Monument Mountain for a long time, mostly to find the geocache GC13Y00 (Cook Mesa Cache) which had not been logged in over ten years. Took me about 80 minutes to get to the base of the mountain, followed FR 24, then turned left on FR 41. Followed FR 41 for about 1.5 miles till I reached a pull off at N 34° 00.513 W 111° 53.744.
Was originally going to follow Flying Fliver's GPX track, but he started a bit further down FR 41 then I had gone, so I didn't do that. The first 0.1 miles up where not that bad, but it got steep pretty quick, so I had to slow down and be much more careful, as there were a lot of loose rocks and soil. I believe the elevation gain from my truck to the summit was around 800 feet. I made it to the top in 37 minutes, that includes the time spend on breaks.
I found the survey marker in great shape. The marker was monumented in 1924 and is at an elevation of 5002 feet. I also found the geocache, most recent log was back in 2016, so this cache has not gotten many finds. Took nothing and left nothing in the geocache, except my name on the logbook of course.
I also planned to head to the Yavapai/Maricopa county line to find the concrete frustum. N 34° 01.128' W 111° 53.715' I planned to place a geocache near the frustum. Headed down the mountain to a saddle where I had to fight my way through man thorny plants, good thing I wore pants. It smoothed out once I reached the saddle and I continued this way for about 0.3 miles to the frustum. The frustum is in good shape, with one side saying Maricopa 1924, the other saying Yavapai 1924, and the last side showing distances to the other frustums along the county line. Also saw the nearby Magazine Tank, which looked to be about halfway full of water.
After finding the frustum and placing a geocache, I headed back to Monument Mountain and headed back down to my truck. Had a lot of fun with this hike and enjoyed the great views from the summit. |
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