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| Hiking | 5.65 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 5.65 Miles | 4 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.32 mph |
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| no partners | | Tired of being housebound by the heat, I came up with a plan to get out. Early start, fairly short drive, early finish and a little higher location (~4000'). Inciweb says there was a recent fire there, so though I'd been there once before I figured maybe I could find some new stuff.
On the west side of Black Mesa, at the Sunset Point exit, I started walking at about 6:15AM. I expected to see burnt ground, but it was tall grass (yuk). I was surprised and happy to hit the burn boundary an hour later and things were looking up.
Perfect conditions for spotting pottery, rock alignments, etc. on the bare ground and there were plenty of places to look. But I found very little until I got to places where I'd found petroglyphs on my previous walk here. Except for one stand-out, those glyphs were minor.
Eventually I got to another area where I'd seen glyphs before. This time I noticed more pottery, some grinding slicks and mortars, and eventually about 10 ruin rooms made obvious by the fire. This is a pretty significant habitation site that I'd missed last time. About 95deg when I got back to the car. So I call this a success.
Post mortem on the burn info: more careful look at the Inciweb map shows I shouldn't have been surprised to start in grass. Though I can't find the info on when that burn occurred, it seemed pretty fresh. Interestingly if you look at the HAZ satellite (also latest GE) map you see burned ground but it's different than the Inciweb map and what I saw. (GE says that image from 10/21/23, so no surprise.) It burns up there all the time I guess.
Youtube video of the walk: [ youtube video ] |
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