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| High Valley Ranch 9401J & West Spruce, AZ | |
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High Valley Ranch 9401J & West Spruce, AZ
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| Hiking | 9.58 Miles |
1,192 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.58 Miles | 4 Hrs 17 Mns | | 2.29 mph |
| 1,192 ft AEG | 6 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | Out and back hike starting from the public-access trailhead for High Valley Ranch Trail #391 at the end of the paved portion of Copper Basin Road. The route continues on Old Forest Road #9401J until there are signs indicating the crossing of Trail #264 which is West Spruce Trail. The official route for West Spruce Trail #264 has the east end at Thumb Butte Road, but now it continues past an intersection with #9401J to have an eastern trailhead on Copper Basin Road. I spoke to a mountain biker on Trail #264 who said that the section of Trail #264 we were using had been completed 14 months earlier (May 2023). |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Mostly dalmation toadflax, but also common yarrow, coyote tobacco, dwarf four o'clock, common mullein, upright blue beardtongue penstemon, Arizona thistle, cowpen daisy, Wright's deervetch and many more, including an unidentified flower along Aspen Creek that was feeding many bees |
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