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| Hiking | 8.18 Miles |
2,091 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.18 Miles | 6 Hrs 7 Mns | | 1.56 mph |
| 2,091 ft AEG | 53 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Jason needed to knock out the Weavers Needle Crosscut trail to finish up his quest for hiking every trail in the wilderness. This was one of the last ones.
I have done this 2x prior, the first time coming from Peralta and going over the hump over to Terrapin. The second time, after remembering the nasty climb up from the other direction, I wisely opted to do the Terrapin to Peralta route. When Jason asked to do this one, counterclockwise was the way to go.
We started right about sunrise and headed up Bluff Springs. The temps were very pleasant, but there was a little humidity. The usual huffing and puffing up cardiac hill and then down towards Barks Creek/canyon. The trail was a little overgrown and when we made it to Barks Creek, the tall grass was insane. This area was roasted in the fires and the grass has returned with a vengeance. There was a bunch of brittlebush blooming all along the hillsides and over towards Bluff Springs Mountain.
Terrapin was surprisingly less overgrown, but tons of grass as well. We made it to the Crosscut junction and started up the first little saddle. The path is getting clearer and clearer. I love the view of the Needle from the east side of this trail. You get the entire peak, from base to top from the little valley that you cross before you climb up to the last notch/saddle.
The trail started getting less clear, but still a trail. We made it up to the 2nd saddle and started down. We took a little break and pulled as many of the foxtails out of our socks as we could. It was Grass-a-palooza up along this one as well. The hike down to Peralta was as steep as I remember. It was cairned and the trail was kinda-sorta easy to follow.
We came across a lone hiker looking for the trail to Weavers Needle just before we made it to the Peralta junction. She didn’t look like a climber and we pointed her in the direction of the base trail. We saw her later coming down Peralta trail near the trailhead. Apparently, she gave up and just hiked back up Peralta. We also encountered a couple of other hikers near the saddle.
By the time we made it to the Fremont saddle and had a little break, the cool air of the morning had given way to sunny and hot. The hike down Peralta was the usual Stairmaster. Lots of brittlebush and orange globemallows. There was a trickle of hikers going up and few coming down along the way. The hiking season in the western Supes is surely slowing down.
This was the first “rough” hike I have attempted since injuring my Achilles a few months ago. I was really slow going up and not very fast going down. But, in spite of a little tightness, it did ok. No serious pains later in the day or this morning as I type up this triplog. Just in time for the 100’s down here in the valley.
A nice loop and a great day out in the Superstitions. |
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