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General Crook Trail V57-V62, AZ
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| Hiking | 7.81 Miles |
543 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.81 Miles | 3 Hrs 20 Mns | | 2.34 mph |
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| no partners | | A month ago, I mentioned FR 300 has a project going on west of Woods Canyon Lake. I thought the crew was just widening and smoothing the dirt, but instead they are actually paving it. Flag guy at one ends said “It is going to the ‘Y’ intersection”. (FR 195 or FR 34?) I’ve also read it is going to the Bear Canyon Lake road (FR 89). Flag guy at the other end said the "it is going to Strawberry”. No matter what, it blows. 
Lots of confusion today.
First order of business was another search for V57. I spent 10 minutes fruitlessly wandering its claimed location. Instead, I found V57 400 ft. north, on the east side of FR 300. Note, it is also 150 ft. west of the chevroned General Crook Trail. Odd.
I followed the chevroned trail back to FR 115, and continued following chevrons on one side of FR 300, the other side, or on FR 300 itself, all the way to Promontory LO.
Because chevrons sometimes go missing, I hiked slowly, constantly scanning left & right, high & low, for mile markers. That’s how, a half mile into this segment, I spotted V58 from 150 ft. away, on the south side of FR 300, where it crosses under the powerlines. Cripes. It was a pattern: I would not only have to hike the General Crook Trail, but also regularly divert off it searching for V posts. 
One road bend that the chevrons cut across is where I estimate V59 is actually located. It certainly wasn’t on the trail itself.
2½ miles into this segment I reached the FR 300 “Mile 30” marker. Still constantly scanning, and despite the presence of chevrons indicating I was “on trail”, I did not encounter V60. You can see why I hiked nearly eight miles on a five mile segment. 
Based on V60’s estimated location, another skipped bit of FR 300 is probably where you’ll find V61: It definitely wasn’t where it was previously mapped on FR 76. In ten minutes searching, all I found was a lean-to.
The chevrons cross FR 300, again, at the 4⅓ mile mark. In 100 yds., what was a jeep trail ends in a small loop. That’s the See Canyon Trailhead. Crook splits left as singletrack. At the 4½ mile mark, there is a right-pointing chevron. Given previous estimated V locations, that’s about where V62 should be. It wasn’t. Nor was V62 anywhere in the vicinity of the Promontory “V” Tree a quarter mile later: [ photo ]
I suppose V62 could also be on the road, but it since the lookout was only a few minutes away, I instead headed for the finish. I suppose I ought to drive FR 300 soon, just to look for Crook mile markers, before they pave paradise and put up a parking lot.
Rumble Video: https://rumble.com/v51xq4w-hiking-gener ... 7-v62.html
Vimeo Video: https://vimeo.com/959631580 |
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