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Circle Azimuth Mark-Superstition Mts, AZ
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| Hiking | 9.20 Miles |
1,420 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.20 Miles | 6 Hrs 18 Mns | | 2.10 mph |
| 1,420 ft AEG | 1 Hour 55 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I had three main reasons for this hike.
1 - To revisit the Circle Azimuth Mark that I originally located years ago.
2 - To hike to the base of Coffee Flat Mountain on the Whiskey Spring Trail, where, years ago I bushwhacked up and located the Circle BM disk, and its two reference mark disks.
3 - And lastly
To view & take photos of the desert - left and right - of the Dutchman Trail in the Barkley Basin area.
My last time on the Dutchman was in 2021, a year after the forest fire that played havoc in Barkley Basin area. I wanted to view the desert's fire recovery after that 2020 fire.
I included some "before & after the fire" photos from my 2012, 2017, and 2021 hikes, in my present photoset.
The desert shrubs and foliage have recovered quite well from the 2020 fire, although it all appears to be yelling loud, "I Need Water". It's very, very dry.
I talked to a Forest Ranger on the Dutchman Tr and he agreed that the saguaros are in alot of stress, as are other cactus types. I'm just a hiker, and not a desert vegetation expert, but I suspect all the vegetation needs a few more years, and just a normal amount of water to get back to being healthy.
This hike - Over known terrain was good for this …. "I just got back" hiker.
Weather was perfect, and I accomplished all three of my agenda items
Good for me. |
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
J.R.R.TOLKIEN |
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