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| Hiking | 7.96 Miles |
2,430 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.96 Miles | 7 Hrs 2 Mns | | 1.37 mph |
| 2,430 ft AEG | 1 Hour 13 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | This was a hike to a couple of "red" peaks in the Supes:
1) Black Cross Butte 3351
2) Peak 3042
In the @azhiker456 vernacular, a "red" peak is one with 300+ feet of prominence.
I had never hiked either one of these peaks before.
Black Cross Butte 3351
I enjoyed this short hike which was on a pretty good trail. There were great views at the summit and on he north edge of the mesa looking down at the Salt River. We passed by the medicine wheel on the way to the north overlook.
Peak 3042
After leaving Black Cross Butte, we made our way over to Peak 3042. Along the way we stopped at Chalcedony Cave. The cave is easy enough to get to but it isn't terribly exciting, and I saw none of the namesake chalcedony. We were on a decent use trail much of the way over to Peak 3042. Rather than making a direct assualt of the peak from the south, which looked fairly steep and possibly cliffy, we looped around to the west and went up that way. There are some awesome views from the summit, especially from some overlooks on the north end, so this one was worth the effort to get there.
On the way back I made the not-so-brilliant decision to drop down into Crucifix Canyon. I imagine that the off-trail descent into the canyon was about 450 feet or so. It was steep in a few places and fairly brushy, but it wasn't all that bad. My motivation for going down there was to check out the Double Arches on the way back.
It was a very sunny warm day, and I was a bit tired going back through the canyon so we did not climb up to see the Double Arches. In fact, I could only see one arch from the bottom of the canyon (the sun was shining right in my eyes when looking up at the arches). The climb would not have been too bad, and it was probably 200 feet above the canyon floor. On a cooler day I would have gone up there, but as it was we were ready to be back at the TH. |
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