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| Hiking | 12.89 Miles |
1,745 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.89 Miles | 5 Hrs 21 Mns | | 2.42 mph |
| 1,745 ft AEG | 2 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Had to get some chores done at home so I stayed local but did a little longer hike.
Started from the Ellsworth ATV TH north of Usery. Mostly shady up Alpe D'Huez until the top, then took the Goat Trail over to Sunset Ridge. The views up at the top here are really nice and underrated. You can see from Phoenix to Scottsdale, Red Mountain, Mazzie, Ord, 4Peaks and the Supes. A winter hike after a rainy day gives some great views of snow capped mountains to the north.
I hadn't done Sunset Ridge in a few years and I remembered the dicey sections. After last spring and summer of doing really steep hikes, this was a breeze this time. Because it's so steep and technical for the bikers, there's not much traffic on it.
After Sunset Ridge I took Twisted Sister over to Big Sister. Big Sister had the most traffic, all downhill speeders. I took High Horse over to the Stinger Loop and then made a wrong turn and headed west on another trail. I doubled back and got back on the Stinger Loop but took the Brush Lite Trail, which parallels the Stinger west loop and has been rerouted a bit, which I noticed only after I got home and downloaded the track on my computer.
took Scorpion Alley over to Scorpion, and then headed over to Maricopa Madness to complete the loop. These trails had much less traffic, but that may have been because it was later in the morning and getting warm.
Temperature was cool to start, and getting hot towards the end, but not that bad. |
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