Mount Ord from 626 TH Photoset • DixieFlyer • 2024-06-04 • HikeArizona.COM

Mount Ord from 626 TH, AZ

	2024-06-04
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Mount Ord from 626 TH

Payson, AZ

Mount Ord from 626 TH

Payson, AZ

Hiking	11.83 Miles	2,618 AEG

Hiking	11.83 Miles	5 Hrs 11 Mns	2.62 mph
	2,618 ft AEG	40 Mns Break

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I got to the TH just after 5:00 AM, and it was a nice morning for the hike. It was almost, but not quite, cool enough for a windbreaker at the TH.

On the drive back I could see quite a bit of burned acreage around the Ballantine TH. As I was heading south on the way back I could see a large plume of black smoke. It was coming from an RV that was on fire, about a mile south of the Ballantine TH in the northbound lane. It seems something catches fire on the Beeline Hwy just about every day.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Bigtooth Maple Yellow Sweet Clover Yellow-Eyed Grass

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Mount Ord Lookout Tower

Meteorology

Meteorology [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Smoke

Wildflowers Observation Light
As one would expect, flowers were better higher up past the FR 27 junction. There was a wide variety of flowers, with sandwash groundsel, deer brush, and New Mexico locust leading the way.

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