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| Hiking | 6.44 Miles |
1,488 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.44 Miles | 4 Hrs 7 Mns | | 1.78 mph |
| 1,488 ft AEG | 30 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | We decided sort of last minute to continue with our Sunday "backyard" hikes, and picked this one frequented by LindaAnn. We left from our house...which added extra mileage...but I didn't start RS until we were at the junction to Lost Ranch Mine Trail. Then at the end, I was ready to be done so didn't go across the wash to complete my track loop, so the mileage is short on the RS track. My watch ended up with 7.88 miles, Shawn's Cal Topo track was just over 8 miles. So we're somewhere in the right ballpark. 
We headed towards Lost Ranch Mine, then a tough (for me) uphill the West side of Prospector Loop to National Trail. Finally on some easier ground, breathing recovered, we found ourselves at the base of the turn off to Goat Hill. While I was hemming and hawing about whether to go up or skip it, along came johnlp and trekkin_gecko. We asked if they were going up Goat Hill, and Kelly said "yes, come on, let's go!", so off we went. Short and not too steep (until the steps at the very top), but the views on top were worth it! We chatted a bit and then headed down, we said our goodbyes as they went off in the direction we had just come from and we headed in the direction they had come from.
We took an apple break on the top of Gila/Pyramid and then down Gila and back home. We're not making good time yet, but we'll get there! |
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