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Saddle Mountain Mine Tour, AZ
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| Hiking | 12.90 Miles |
2,448 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.90 Miles | 6 Hrs 55 Mns | | 2.03 mph |
| 2,448 ft AEG | 33 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Chris invited me for this “tour de Mazzies”. I’ve never been on any of these trails, so this was all new to me.
The plan was to drive up to the Mormon Grove Trailhead and start up Saddle Mountain Trail. Driving in, after a wrong turn, Chris wisely suggested we park near the FS25 and FS25A and start the hike with 2 miles going up 25 to the trailhead rather than do that at the end of a 12 mile hike.
Chris designed the loop as - Saddle Mountain Trail to Sheep Creek Trail/Thicket Spring Trail/West Fork Trail and then down the canyon along the “road” 25A.
Saddle Mountain was a nice trail. Some decent views along a well maintained trail. It is part of the AZT and it showed. We decide to explore a small loop at the Story Mine before starting on Sheep Creek Trail. That turned into a pretty rough and overgrown bushwhack where the bushes actual whacked me (repeatedly).
The views along the top of the loop are more canyon than Mountain views. The highlight of the hike was the section along the “road” and the West Fork Sycamore Creek. We missed the colors by a couple weeks, but it was still nice. Very rough, too rough for most vehicles.
Making it back to the truck at the bottom of the hill was better than having to hike up that hill at the end for sure.
A good day in the Mazatals and it’s always nice to hike with Wally and Chris. |
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