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| Granite Mtn-White Rock Spring-Cedar Springs, AZ | |
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Granite Mtn-White Rock Spring-Cedar Springs, AZ
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| Hiking | 9.67 Miles |
1,554 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.67 Miles | 4 Hrs 23 Mns | | 2.22 mph |
| 1,554 ft AEG | 2 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | | This hike starts from the Metate Trailhead Parking Lot in the Granite Basin Lake recreation area west of Prescott, AZ. The first mile is used by lots of hikers, both those climbing up Granite Mountain Trail #261 and those just enjoying the area around Granite Basin Lake. There are also mountain bikers who will take Balancing Rock Trail #261 or head up Clark Spring Trail #40. After Granite Mountain Trail turns right up the mountain, there are some hikers who turn onto Little Granite Mountain Trail #37, but few who take White Rock Spring Trail #39. Almost no one continues west on Cedar Spring Trail #41 and the bushes have spread onto the trail, so pants not shorts are recommended. I've worn both and now I prefer to do this hike when temperatures are below 50°F when I'm comfortable wearing pants. A little west of White Rock Spring Trail, Cedar Springs Trail becomes difficult to follow when hiking west. I have lost the trail every time I've done this hike. There are lots of boulders along Cedar Springs Trail, especially near its junction with White Rock Spring Trail (see photos). Near the west end of this hike, Cedar Springs Trail passes Red Hill Tank and continues on a gravel road which is less interesting. Due to that, and to make this a ten-mile hike, I turned back to return to the trailhead. |
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