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| Hiking | 17.11 Miles |
2,419 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.11 Miles | 8 Hrs 30 Mns | | 2.01 mph |
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| no partners | | Brian and I found a nice camping spot the night before near FSR 237 A which had reliable cell service. Note: The US topo map shows FSR 273 A but the actual sign said FSR 237 A. We believe we had good cell service because we were close enough to the town of Greer, AZ. The West Fork trail #94 ran through our camp area, only a few feet away. We later realized this trail connected with the West Baldy trail, a few miles back.
GPS location of good camping location: 34.001149, -109.473375
Brian and I camped overnight, got up and drove to the East Baldy trail. We left a car at the West Baldy trail so we could hike the "V" without needing to hike the entire loop which would have been 20 miles or more.
We saw many pines, aspen, fir, etc. We noticed there were other GPS routes going up around the 6.5 mile mark, but there didn't seem to be any trail going that way. We also saw a lot of downed trees and the only logical way to go was to continue along the East Baldy trail. We took the East trail to the West trail, and then took that trail up from there.
At the summit, it was a rock pile with no trees and 360 degree views. There was a US survey marker at the high point. We didn't see a registry up there which was a bit surprising.
Flowers/plants seen: Orange-sneezeweed, pansy, blue flax, Rocky Mountain iris, Eaton's penstemon, red columbine, American yellow-rocket, green false hellebore, common cowparsnip, tall bluebells, Crane's bill, common yarrow, graceful cinquefoil, Rocky Mountain penstemon, red elderberry, black currant, giant red indian paintbrush, sanddune wallflower, Aspen daisy, scarlet gilia, Lemmon's spring-parsley, common juniper, slendertube skyrocket (pink)
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Distance (round trip) = 17.11 miles
AEG = 2,419 feet
Strava moving time = 6 hrs 58 mins
Strava elapsed time = 10 hrs 31 mins |
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Wildflowers Observation Light
Orange-sneezeweed, pansy, blue flax, Rocky Mountain iris, Eaton's penstemon, red columbine, American yellow-rocket, green false hellebore, common cowparsnip, tall bluebells, Crane's bill, common yarrow, graceful cinquefoil, Rocky Mountain penstemon, red elderberry, black currant, giant red indian paintbrush, sanddune wallflower, Aspen daisy, scarlet gilia, Lemmon's spring-parsley, common juniper, slendertube skyrocket (pink) |
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Michael Williams
IT Professional
Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
www.beachfrontmexico.us
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