Camelback Summit - Echo Canyon Trail Photoset • mt98dew • 2024-10-04 • HikeArizona.COM

Camelback Summit - Echo Canyon Trail, AZ

	2024-10-04
	1 by mt98dew

Camelback Summit - Echo Canyon Trail

Phoenix, AZ

Camelback Summit - Echo Canyon Trail

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	2.30 Miles	1,300 AEG

Hiking	2.30 Miles	1 Hour 32 Mns	1.50 mph
	1,300 ft AEG

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Early morning hike at Camelback. Got started around 6am. Not as early as I would have liked, but still had the mountain shade all the way up. I haven’t been focusing on elevation with my hiking and this trail will make you realize that. I always try to hike straight through and I had to pause to catch my breath near the top.

Took 46 minutes to reach the top. Chilled for maybe a minute before heading back down. Trails seemed very busy. Counted close to 250 hikers!

Some notables: I saw a guy hiking up without any shoes

. I had one guy pass me, skipping down the boulders. I was nearing the end when he passed me going back up

(I’m not sure if he’s the “Augustine” that Joe referred to a few years ago, but my hat goes off to him). And speaking of impressed, I saw a 1 legged hiker making fantastic time with crutches.

I’m hard pressed to do this trail with four working extremities.

I went with the stats provided on the description page, but my Garmin had me at 3.15 miles and 1434 feet. I assume the discrepancies is the “Creepage” of the Garmin. It’s sad that my speed can impact my Garmin that dramatically. (I used my Oregon 750. It can’t communicate with my computer, but it can keep stats - kind of. I didn’t want to carry the Montana, because it is such a “brick”).

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