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| Hiking | 4.49 Miles |
1,149 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.49 Miles | 1 Hour 44 Mns | | 2.69 mph |
| 1,149 ft AEG | 4 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | 9L had never been to Mexico so I thought this would make a nice Sunday morning walk on the beach. The trip up to the summit is built with so many perfectly carved granite steps it would make Hugh Norris jealous.
From the peak we headed down to the border, where I hadn't been since 2015. In recent years I had read the news about a new wall being built as a barrier to jaguars and ocelots at the southern terminus of the Arizona Trail. I assumed this was a done deal, and didn't realize that it was an abandoned failure until @bifrost posted a trip there a couple of weeks ago. So it seemed worth checking out for myself.
Along the way, 9L seemed to recall that Joe's Canyon was one of Arizona's 100 Classic Hikes (lord knows how or why) and I offered him the opportunity to cross it off his checklist. I took it extra slow on the drive down the hill and his extra 1.5 miles of hiking timed out almost perfectly.
It was surprising to me that there is not a single sign anywhere near the terminus that identifies this as the Arizona Trail. Only a small badge on the sign for the Crest Trail heading uphill north of the pass had any indication that the AZT exists here at all. For all the impressive signage that the AZT has elsewhere along the route it seems odd to me that the southern terminus seems to be totally unacknowledged. |
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