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| Hiking | 15.48 Miles |
2,090 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.48 Miles | 7 Hrs 14 Mns | | 2.27 mph |
| 2,090 ft AEG | 24 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I hiked this section of the trail 15 years ago but either I lost the track or never saved it. It's been so long and I only hiked it once that I basically have no memory of the particulars of hiking the trail.
Got the Geronimo TH just after 7am and headed out shortly after. The weather was very cool to start and the sun low in the sky helped with creating shade with the trees. Lots of nice views of the Rim above and sometimes of the forest of ponderosas below, as well as a few glimpses of the Mazatzals, Four Peaks, and Ord.
Lots of parts of this trail were worked on a few years ago by the AZT staff and several spots were rerouted, I think to make it easier for bikers. I have no objection to that, but repeating a prior complaint, there seems to be a trend where the reroutes add mileage unnecessarily. What the GPS tracks told me was 6.5 miles one way turned out to be 8 miles. I took the old alignments on the way back and even with the sticks and rock they put in the way, I saved time and mileage taking these older routes. At the very least they should update the mileage on these sections sooner than later after they do the work on them.  
It got a little toasty by the time I finished, but not like the desert heat in Phoenix. I felt my legs starting to cramp a bit on the way home, so I had a couple extra Gatorades then to hydrate. |
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