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| Hiking | 7.78 Miles |
1,748 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.78 Miles | 5 Hrs 59 Mns | | 1.56 mph |
| 1,748 ft AEG | 59 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | This was a hike in the Little Horn Mountains, which are in Yuma County. The destination was the Little Horn Benchmark (elevation of 3,100 feet and prominence of 1,300 feet).
We drove in south of I-10 on Hovatter Road. The road was well-graded, although there was a sandy stretch for a couple of miles that might be an issue for a non-4WD vehicle.
We parked along the road, went a short distance on the desert floor, and then made a fairly steep ascent up a rocky, bouldery slope to a ridgeline. Then we basically snaked around on the ridge to the summit. The ground was littered with basalt rocks much of the way, which slowed me down quite a bit.
The summit was nice and open and had great views, so we hung out there a bit. I located the benchmark and both reference marks, and signed the MacLilley register. Apparently not many people come up here -- the prior entry in the summit register was from December, 2021.
I enjoyed being on the summit, but I did not care much for the tread on this hike.
After the hike we stopped and went up to an arch just west of Hovatter Road that we noticed on the drive in. It was a cool arch and I was glad that we stopped there. Visiting the arch added 0.27 miles and 121 feet of elevation gain, which are included in the stats above. |
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| Civilization is a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there |
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