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| Hiking | 6.93 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.93 Miles | 6 Hrs 11 Mns | | 1.20 mph |
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| partners | | I first hiked this trail 15 years ago in my late 30s. In my mid 50s it is noticeably harder. I remember that it wasn't easy before, but not this hard. I checked the triplog and I had no complaints.
Right off the bat we missed a turn on the trail and followed a cattle trail. Fortunately I caught it before we got too far and got back on track rather quickly.
The 2nd mile gets really steep right after the trail leaves the wash area. There are some loose rock areas, but it wasn't bad. After the saddle, the trail levels off a bit and makes its way in and out of side canyons. In all the shady sections, the vegetation was progressively more and more overgrown. Our theory was that the shade, being on the north facing slopes, allows the snow to sit longer and therefore water the plants more.
Once we got to being a half mile from the end, the overgrowth was too much. We were pondering trying a bit more to push past the next ridge, but it just didn't seem like it would be worth it. It was taking longer and longer as we went and it seemed like the shady sections were longer. And the hike back through it again didn't seem very enticing. I checked my triplog and track from 15 years ago and I had made it not only to FR422, but another 2 miles down past Edwards Park. There was no way we could have made it that far on this day.
The hike back down the trail wasn't all that bad as expected. The steepest part of the trail being Mile 2, going downhill was a little slow going, but not like coming down from Superstition Peak 5057, or as rocky as Y-Bar. The level part has the cow patties everywhere. On the way out we didn't see any cattle, but on the way back a group was loitering around the watering troughs giving us bad looks. |
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