Canelo Hills West - AZT #3 Photoset • 00blackout • 2025-01-18 • HikeArizona.COM

Canelo Hills West - AZT #3, AZ

	2025-01-18
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Canelo Hills West - AZT #3

Tucson, AZ

Canelo Hills West - AZT #3

Tucson, AZ

Hiking	19.25 Miles	1,292 AEG

Hiking	19.25 Miles	7 Hrs 40 Mns	2.51 mph
	1,292 ft AEG

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	DarthStiller	mt98dew
	wally

Chris invited me to head south yesterday to hike passage 3 of the Arizona Trail. With Wally and Brian joining we did a key swap with them starting at the Casa Blanca TH and Chris and I starting at the Canelo Pass TH. The temperature was in the upper 20s when we started just before 8 am. The first mile of the trail climbs a couple hundred feet to a small saddle then it's rolling hills for the next several miles. We passed Wally and Brian at 8 miles in, practically running up the trail

. I hit a 'wall' at 9 miles so we stopped for lunch at 9.5 miles and continued. At 11.5 miles the trail climbs around a ridge and has a couple of small ups and downs before ascending into a canyon. At the 16-mile mark, I hit another 'wall' and was fighting it for the rest of the hike as my feet were screaming at me at this point

. Got to the Casa Blanca TH, changed out my shoes for flip-flops, and enjoyed a relaxing three-hour ride home. We came across two through hikers down in the canyon and besides a couple of deer and cattle that was it. Thanks, Chris for the invite and good seeing Wally again even though it was only for 5 minutes.

Note: I'm pretty sure RS is still broken when it comes to accumulating AEG, it was higher earlier in the day but as we down hill it declined. Chris's GPS came in at 1,800 AEG.

	Cott Tank Exclosure - Red Rock Cyn	Dry	Dry
	Nothing at the faucet.

	Down Under Tank	51-75% full	51-75% full
	Full but with all the cattle in area, I would strongly against filtering it.

Lampshire Canyon

Dry

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