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| Hiking | 6.42 Miles |
1,275 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.42 Miles | 3 Hrs 56 Mns | | 1.66 mph |
| 1,275 ft AEG | 4 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I saw some trails on the satellite view just north of the Lost Goldmine Trail. I made some tracks based on that and decided to go check them out for an easy Sunday morning hike. I got just a little bit into the first one when I saw a trail junction at the barbed wire fence head further north and uphill. I decided to start to follow that and it soon became obvious that this went to the summit of the Wedding Cake. I wasn't sure what the name of it is, but I knew I was heading to the top.
There is a very well defined trail all the way to the top. There's only one or two spots where it becomes steep with some scree. The climb is pretty easy and the views at the top are well worth the effort. Lots of really nice views all along Superstition Mountain, which looks a lot closer once you get a little higher.
On the way down I got back on the trails I marked with tracks and hiked those. One trail branched off to an area I didn't mark. It was mostly bare rock and marked with spray painted white dots. I don't get as hacked off as most AZ hikers about this, having seen this done in Europe and generally accepted there as an appropriate way to mark a trail. But in a few spots it was a little overkill. It was fun hiking these trails on the bare rock, much nicer that busting through vegetation or ankle bust loose rocks.
Once I got back to the flats, I hiked the dirt road between Turk's Head and Wedding Cake to it's terminus. On the way out to there, I saw to women walking down off of Turk's Head very casually, indicating that there must be an established trail there. On my way back down the road, I scouted over towards that area and found a few different trails that look like they head up there. One was marked with a cairn so that might be the ticket. Looks like another plan to make a trip out and head up there.
Took some dirt roads and bike trails back to the Hiero TH to make a loop out of it. Ended up doing fewer miles than I expected, but more AEG. Ended up having more fun on this hike than I expected. The parking lot was packed a usual, with the late arrivals circling the lot waiting for someone to leave. |
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