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| Hiking | 6.56 Miles |
1,043 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.56 Miles | 4 Hrs 17 Mns | | 1.61 mph |
| 1,043 ft AEG | 12 Mns Break | 20 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | On our last day we hiked in the Goldfields again. This time along the Javelina Mine Trail, Willow Spring Basin and returned on the Willow Spring Tank (Golden Eye Mine Trail). I did this trail a few years back and really enjoyed it so I thought it would be an enjoyable short hike for our last day. We started out on the Javelina Mine Trail. Passed by Checkmate Arch which Ginny and I decided looked more like a hound dog kissing another dog. I don’t get the checkmate thing. We’re going to call it smooching dogs Arch. Headed down the Willow Basin Trail which I think is the most interesting section of the hike. Not sure what the person who laid out this hike was thinking, on the section just before crossing over into Willow Spring Tanks the trail heads steeply up a ridge just to drop back down and then steeply up another ridge. Once at the top of the first ridge I would have just stayed at a level to the next ridge. Interesting rock slide in this area though, looks like it just happened. Couple of auto sized rocks came loose from the walls above covering the trail and taking out a saguaro.
We took a break at Willow Spring Tank where there were a couple people on horseback also taking a break. Willow Spring Tank had a good amount of water, more than there was last time I was here. We headed back along the Willow Spring Tank Trail (Golden Eye Mine Trail). We could see Golden Eye Arch from the trail, will have to come back some time to hike to this arch. We returned on the Javelina Trail. Time to take that drive back to Tucson. |
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