EMRP Halloween Slasher Loop Photoset • Nightstalker • 2024-10-31 • HikeArizona.COM

EMRP Halloween Slasher Loop, AZ

	2024-10-31
	5 by Nightstalker

EMRP Halloween Slasher Loop, AZ

Mtn Biking	14.30 Miles	1,102 AEG

Mtn Biking	14.30 Miles	2 Hrs 10 Mns		8.50 mph
	1,102 ft AEG	29 Mns Break	8 LBS Pack

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Butterfield Trail - Estrella Mtn RP

Gadsden Trail - Estrella Mtn RP

Pedersen Trail - Estrella Mtn RP

Coldwater Trail - Estrella Mtn RP

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Another brunch ride. Got to the Estrella Mountain Regional Park entrance a little after 10am and found it closed. A road paint striping crew was laying down some new lines on the park roads and caused a major traffic jam (me and one other vehicle). Go to the rodeo grounds and was surprised to see a whole bunch of cars. Good for them! Worked my way to Butterfield via the short connector. Love the hard climbs on Butterfield! Then Gadsden to Pedersen. The cholla cactus fields along the trail are in a sorry state

Took the Homestead shortcut back to west Pedersen. Homestead wasn't a sandy as I was expecting, that was nice. Tore a knob off my rear tire which promptly went flat. Thought I might be able to nurse it back to the trailhead by wrapping it with a cable tie. That solution lasted all of a half mile before I was pulling the wheel and installing a tube. Uneventful 5 miles back to the Rodeo grounds. Saw one couple hiking, twice, at the beginning and end of my loop. Went to West Phoenix Trek store and picked up a new tire. Got home and fully serviced the bike. All ready for the next ride. Oh yeah, the wife made shoofly pie today, so I got that going for me

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