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| Hiking | 3.50 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.50 Miles | 2 Hrs 9 Mns | | 1.65 mph |
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| partners | | A little spare time yesterday so Ginny and I did a short 3.5 mile hike in the Catalina Mountains on the Soldier Canyon Trail. I did this trail 12 years ago and swore I wouldn't do it again, very steep but short trail. This time we did the upper half and it was still steep but spent a little more time exploring rather than just hiking through. Wow, I missed a lot the first time. Two really large waterfalls along the trail, dry but still interesting. We will have to come again when the creek is running. Getting to the top of the falls is easy because the trail passes by them but getting to the bottom where the falls can be seen might be more of a problem, might require a bit of off trail and rock scrambling. The water falls are spectacular but I was equally amazed by the gneiss, really good exposure along the falls. I was really excited but Ginny not so much, I tried explaining it but same reaction. It was like the look of a deer in your headlights. I get the same excitement with schist, What can I say I'm a Igneous metamorphic Petrology buff. Any way we will have to make this trip again maybe during the Monsoons.
I was reviewing some of the posts from past years of mountaineering down this canyon, looks interesting and definitely the way to explore the canyon but I'm afraid that will have to be another lifetime for me. The trail is in good condition at least the upper 1.5 miles. |
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