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Mount Lemmon Trail 5 Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 6.67 Miles |
1,568 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.67 Miles | 4 Hrs 19 Mns | | 1.81 mph |
| 1,568 ft AEG | 38 Mns Break | 20 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Started out on top of Mount Lemmon and hiked the Mount Lemmon Trail 3 miles toward the Wilderness of Rocks Trail. Returned the way I came but Took the Lemmon Meadow Trail #5a back. Continued on to the Aspen Trail and returned. One of my options for today was to do the full loop with the WOR and Aspen Trail but my heart wasn't in it(actually my heart was fine my head wasn't in it). After going down the Lemmon trail and heading back up the way I came it wouldn't of made much difference if I had done the whole loop, would of been 3 miles longer and maybe another 500 to 1000 feet AEG.
The weather at the start of the hike at 0700 was 57 degrees and a little breezy, a little bit cool but great for hiking. Saw a family of turkey when I arrived at the trail head. Stopped off at Lemmon Lookout along the way, great views this time of day. Couple of white tailed dear just before Samaniego Ridge trail. Had a decision to make take the Samaniego Ridge trail for about a mile or continue on down the Lemmon Trail. The Lemmon trail won out, I had been on the Samaniego trail a few years back but it has been longer since I was on the Lemmon Trail. The trail is easy to follow although a little overgrown in spots (not anything like the Knagge Trail). Great views in all directions, could see the 4 peaks and superstitions although they were just barely visible through the haze, to the east Mount Graham, south all the way to the border, Huachuca and Patagonia Mountains and to the west the Quinlan Mountains. |
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