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Pumpkin-Kendrick Peak-Bull Basin, AZ
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| Hiking | 12.20 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 12.20 Miles | 5 Hrs 42 Mns | | 2.31 mph |
| 3,078 ft AEG | 25 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | | Slept near Pumpkin Trailhead Friday night . Clouds were flashing with lightning and thunder and some rain forced me to throw the fly on my tent. Rain moved on and the stars came out as we expected. Saturday morning was clear but windy. Headed out on Pumpkin at 650am and made that first climb of 500+ feet and later found the first trail marker directing us up some pretty nice switchbacks and eventually to the fire tower on the top of Kendrick Peak. My hiking partner said that it would have been hot if not for the wind. Temps were in the 60s most of the hike but we were exposed quite a lot as we marched past the many corpses of burned trees. Some of these tree remains were strikingly, hauntingly beautiful. From the info at the trailhead the fire leveled this forest in 2000. There were some shady spots, especially on the last push up the west side to the fire tower. We took a break on the helicopter pad, a spot that many people I know have set up camp at. I thought it would be an awesome place to view the stars. We headed down the Kendrick Peak trail to the cabin and signed the registry there. We were expecting the loop on the Bull Basin to be more challenging than Pumpkin but it was wide open, smooth sailing. Looking out for cairns through the Bull Basin was the only challenging aspect of the hike but that was what made it interesting. These cairns were huge and maybe built long ago for/by cowboys? There was a small pond and flowing water from it about 1/3rd of the way down Bull Basin from the cabin. We made our way through the first valley on the Connector trail and then over and through the second valley and back to the truck. We did not see another person on Pumpkin or Bull Basin. At the peak we met half a dozen people in 15 minutes but otherwise we were alone for 12 miles on trash free and overgrown trails. Yes, there is much devastation from the fire on Kendrick but it was an amazing day and a very good hike. |
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