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Roost Lone Tree Cave Dacite Lower Barks loop, AZ
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Roost Lone Tree Cave Dacite Lower Barks loop, AZ 
Roost Lone Tree Cave Dacite Lower Barks loop, AZ
 
Hiking10.00 Miles 2,500 AEG
Hiking10.00 Miles
2,500 ft AEG
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1st trip
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Dacite Super Loop
Robbers Roost - Superstitions
Cave Trail #233
Bluff Springs Trail #235
Barks Lower Canyon Loop
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Peralta trailhead was 75% full when I arrived at 7:15am. I attempted to make a beeline from the TH toilet to the Dons camp but should have just walked the road. There was an intermittent bootpath but it was pretty brushy; then it took me awhile to find a spot where I could cross over the wilderness boundary fence to get on lost goldmine. It was not the most efficient start!

I thought I had come down Carney Spring a few years ago but the trail didn't seem familiar so now I'm thinking I actually came down the next gully west. I remember a lot more brushy boulders. This trail was actually enjoyable. The whole loop was super fun and scenic, I love the pinnacles and rock formations up high in this part of the supes. Checked out the roost, had lunch at lone tree, checked out the cave, did some single-arm crab walking to get down the ridge... :lol:

I turned left on bluff spring and then right into lower barks. Almost immediately I ran out of water so I rolled the dice and scooped up some unfiltered stream water to sip (so far so good :) ) Lower barks was prettier than I expected with big rock shelves and nice pools. About 10 minutes from connecting to dutchman I was blissfully and obliviously rock-hopping down canyon and came within inches of stepping on a very angry rattlesnake. He reared back and rattled like crazy. I didn't slow down until I was 6-8 feet past him. I've seen a few rattlesnakes but can't remember ever being rattled at like that. I very nervously tiptoed the rest of the way downstream and was so relieved to get back on a trail!
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