DESTINATION Snowshed Peak - Chiricahua Wilderness 1 Photoset
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| Hiking | 15.82 Miles |
2,533 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.82 Miles | 11 Hrs 19 Mns | | 1.85 mph |
| 2,533 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 45 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Brian and I camped at Barfoot park after hiking Ida peak the day before. We got up, had breakfast and got packed up to hike Snowshed. Brian drove us to Rustler park, getting there around 9:45 am. We started by taking the connector trail to the Crest trail #270.
It was a long hike with a lot of attractions along the way. The Crest trail #270 was in very good shape overall. There were only a few bad trail areas on the East and Southeast side of Aspen peak where there was some erosion and the trail was half gone. We stopped at Juniper spring to filter water and Eagle spring to view what was there since it was along our route.
We wanted to bag Anita peak, see Anita park, bag Aspen peak, see the Greenhouse on the Greenhouse trail, and more, but because of time constraints, we only had time to bag Aspen peak in addition to Snowshed peak. We were surprised at how good the trail was going from the saddle West of Snowshed to the Snowshed summit. The trail was very well maintained, especially considering that it was so far out.
See timeline below.
Stats:
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Distance (round trip) = 15.82 miles
AEG = 2,533 feet
Strava moving time = 6 hrs 42 mins
Strava elapsed time = 11 hrs 19 mins
Timeline:
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9:45a - 0 miles - started hike at Rustler park
10:30a - 1.45 miles - arrived at Bootlegger saddle
10:56a - 2.12 miles - passed by Peak 9308
11:12a - 2.59 miles - passed by junction of Fly peak
11:40a - 3.50 miles - arrived at Round park
12:04p - 4.21 miles - stopped at Greenhouse trail junction and had lunch. Brian did a detour to bag Flys peak and arrived after me.
12:47p - 4.28 miles - finished lunch, continued...
1:18p - 5.39 miles - arrived at junction for Chiricahua peak, 270 A, 270 B, etc.
1:46p - 6.13 miles - arrived at saddle West of Peak 9660 (Aspen peak)
2:23p - 6.66 miles - arrived at Aspen summit (Peak 9660). The climb up to Aspen peak was fairly easy. We just stayed South of the aspen trees and found some interesting rocks along the way.
2:46p - 7.00 miles - arrived at saddle West of Snowshed peak
3:15p - 7.72 miles - arrived at Snowshed peak!
4:04p - 7.83 miles - left Snowshed peak
4:25p - 8.52 miles - back at the saddle West of Snowshed peak
4:40p - 8.91 miles - arrived at Juniper spring. Filtered water to make sure we had enough to get back! We were there for probably 30 minutes.
5:38p - 9.7 miles - back at the saddle West of Aspen peak
6:24p - 10.41 miles - back at the Chiricahua junction North of Chiricahua peak
6:50p - 11.37 miles - arrived at Cima park / Greenhouse trail junction
7:21p - 12.13 miles - arrived at Round park, South of Fly peak
7:47p - 13.04 miles - back at the Fly peak trail junction
8:21p - 14.09 miles - arrived at Bootlegger saddle, took Long Park trail #42-D which appeared to be a shortcut to get back to where the vehicle was parked
9:04p - 15.82 miles - finished hike. arrived back at Ruster park parking area |
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Eagle Spring |
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| | | better flow than Juniper Spring |
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Juniper Spring |
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| | | Mostly standing water in a concrete cistern. We filtered some water here because we were running LOW! | | _____________________
Michael Williams
IT Professional
Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
www.beachfrontmexico.us
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