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| Hiking | 7.64 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.64 Miles | 4 Hrs 11 Mns | | 2.21 mph |
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| no partners | | We watched the movie on this one a while back (in the summer when it was too hot to plan a visit) and wanted to hike the memorial trail. The trail is very well constructed, with informative and sobering memorial plaques and shaded rest benches at various intervals along the way, and a nice statue at the TH. A copy of each of the individual plaques is at the TH as well.
Very little parking, and it was full when we arrived a little after 9 am. There are no parking signs along 89 for a few hundred feet. Several cars were parked beyond the signs, and we joined them. Apparently, there is a shuttle of some sort in Yarnell.
It was a very nice day on the trail, which I understand roughly follows the hotshots' route. All along the way, I kept expecting to crest the hill, but the trail meanders below the ridgeline, saving the view down to the fatality site until after all (or almost all) of the memorial plaques are passed.
Looking down on the fatality site, it is agonizingly close to the Boulder Springs Ranch, which appears to be only a couple 100 yards away. But the fire apparently cut them off and was moving at an incredibly fast pace. The overlook site from above has a plaque with a photo of the absolutely scorched area taken shortly after the fire swept through. Total incineration, burning at an estimated 2000 degrees.
R.I.P.
Lots of memorials from individuals and fire fighting groups from across the country, and abroad as well. We crossed paths with 20-30 individuals from the Chandler FD paying a visit while doing some training. |
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