Sandy Saddle TM 4 Photoset • jacobemerick • 2025-09-14 • HikeArizona.COM

Sandy Saddle TM 4, AZ

	2025-09-14
	3 by jacobemerick

Sandy Saddle TM 4, AZ

Volunteer	8.80 Miles	2,201 AEG

Volunteer	8.80 Miles	12 Hrs 1 Min	0.73 mph
	2,201 ft AEG

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Sandy Saddle Trail #231

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Wife birthday weekend means getting the kids out of the house for a day. Early morning, started up the trail before the sunrise with a few welcome shivers. Reached Sandy Saddle after plenty of breaks, then had my eldest make me some coffee while we started the trail maintenance. One of the benefits of extra hands.

We made a solid amount of progress. The manzanita was uncomfortably thick near that black stump where I stopped last weekend, but once we finally got about 40' past it things get really easy -- it's much thinner and smaller. I could walk the tread and angle the loppers straight down and cut. Plus all three were genuinely interested in helping and legitimately useful, which was much appreciated.

After a long lunch and a few scattered snack breaks, we headed down after 3pm.

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