Little Saddle Mountain Trail #244 Photoset • chumley • 2025-01-04 • HikeArizona.COM

Little Saddle Mountain Trail #244, AZ

	2025-01-04
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Little Saddle Mountain Trail #244

Phoenix, AZ

Little Saddle Mountain Trail #244

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	11.23 Miles	2,228 AEG

Hiking	11.23 Miles	4 Hrs 56 Mns	2.52 mph
	2,228 ft AEG	29 Mns Break

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Saddle Mountain Trail #91

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Kyle messaged me asking if I wanted to hit up Lion Mountain, and while intriguing on the surface, I pushed for another nearby option to continue my quest to never complete any single segment of the AZT. Mission accomplished!

LSM was somehow all new territory for me, and an unexpected gem that has amazingly mostly survived the fires that have blasted through here in the past two decades. There was a surprising and pleasant flow in the unnamed creek that the trail follows for the first two miles. Odd that a perennial stream in this state doesn't have a name. But this is definitely an enjoyable stretch of trail and the highlight on the day.

It was 57 degrees at the Mt. Ord 87 junction on the drive in, and 29 at the trailhead -- two miles away

. The rest of the day was generally in the 50s, with some warmer stretches of sunshine and seasonally cool breezes. It's dry out here as it is elsewhere, but not nearly as dry as other areas I've been in the past month or two, which was pleasant to see. Plants even looked sort of alive.

We made our way to the patch, unfortunately coming up empty for potatoes. The return was breezier but the downhill goes quickly and we made good time back to the Cross F trailhead. I don't believe I've been down this road since the new highway opened in ~1999?

* I added a mile or two and a few thousand feet to my stats. For my fans.

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[ checklist ] Potato Patch

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