Prospector Loop - South Mountain Photoset • astrobrewer • 2024-10-12 • HikeArizona.COM

Prospector Loop - South Mountain, AZ

	2024-10-12
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Prospector Loop - South Mountain

Phoenix, AZ

Prospector Loop - South Mountain

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	5.27 Miles	1,304 AEG

Hiking	5.27 Miles	2 Hrs 26 Mns	2.43 mph
	1,304 ft AEG	16 Mns Break

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Lost Ranch Ruins Trail

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Started out planning to do the Prospectors Loop counter clockwise. When I got to the top I decided to take National to Lost Ranch instead of staying on the loop.

On the way down Lost Ranch there was a hiker a little way ahead of me. I was thinking that I should try to catch up with him so any snakes he scares off the trail won't have time to come back. Right then I noticed a small rattler coiled up right next to the trail. Apparently he was sleeping. There was a steep and overgrown drop off on the other side of the trail so there was no way around him. I hoped that he would stay asleep and ran past. He must be a sound sleeper. Whew!

I eventually caught up with the hiker. He didn't even notice the snake he walked right past. That snake really was a sound sleeper. The rest of the hike was uneventful. A beautiful and not too hot day on the mountain.

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Speckled Rattlesnake

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