Peak 2972 - Usery Mountains Photoset • DarthStiller • 2024-03-24 • HikeArizona.COM

Peak 2972 - Usery Mountains, AZ

	2024-03-24
	15 by DarthStiller

Peak 2972 - Usery Mountains

Phoenix, AZ

Peak 2972 - Usery Mountains

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	8.63 Miles	2,072 AEG

Hiking	8.63 Miles	3 Hrs 44 Mns	2.33 mph
	2,072 ft AEG	2 Mns Break

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6 linked trail guides

Lance's Trail - Hawes

Alp d'Huez Trail - Hawes

Iron Goat - Hawes

Goat Trail - Hawes

Cactus Nectar Trail - Hawes

Lone Mountain 2809 - E J Peak

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I didn't actually make it all the way up to Peak 2972, just the peak north of it, which is a little lower. From the Ellsworth Road ATV TH, I took Lance/Alp d'Huez/Goat up to that peak, then headed down Iron Goat and Cactus Nectar. Once back at the TH, I did a quick climb up to EJ Peak and headed back down. Got done fairly quickly and got nearly 2100' AEG in for the morning.

Cool and breezy early on. It started to rain on my down Iron Goat and Cactus Nectar and stopped by the time I was back at the TH. The sun came out on the way up to EJ, then another storm started to roll in on my way down, which provided a lot of cloud cover that cooled it off again. Back at the TH, hail started to fall for about 5 minutes and then quit. Overall the weather was perfect. The mix of the sun and clouds gave some really nice and dramatic scenery all morning.

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