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| Hiking | 11.56 Miles |
2,541 AEG |
| | Hiking | 11.56 Miles | 4 Hrs 55 Mns | | 2.67 mph |
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| no partners | | I parked at the Camp Creek trailhead, hiked down to the Maricopa Trail. From there I went up a wash a short distance to find a geocache. I had to walk up the wash a bit farther to get up the side of the wash. From there, I tried to head downstream to get out, but didn't see an easy way down, so backtracked the way I came in.
My main objective was to head north on the Maricopa trail a ways to find two more geocaches. They're basically off the MT around the highpoint to Bronco Butte TH. Once I found the caches, I turned back.
I've never been on this section of the MT, so I've been looking forward to getting out here. There was more climbing than I expected, and the last part was fairly steep. I was moving pretty slow up there.
The day started out calm, but the wind was howling by the time I turned around. I had to catch my hat a couple of times. I was planning on stopping and having some Gatorade at the turnaround, but it was too windy, so I headed back down to where I found some shelter in a wash.
There were spots of Lupine and Poppies and some other flowers too. I haven't seen poppies yet this year, so that was nice.
It amazes me how many people visit Camp Creek Falls. The parking was mostly full when I arrived and there were still a lot of cars and a lot of people heading down on my way out. |
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