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| Hiking | 6.40 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 6.40 Miles | 3 Hrs 31 Mns | | 2.31 mph |
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| no partners | | Decided to hike to Indian Spring Peak this day and drove out to the trailhead, which was only .25 miles from where I had set up camp. At one point it seems you could have driven up a bit further up the trail, but the road is closed to vehicle traffic and would've required a 4x4 to navigate anyways. Followed what was left of that road for .3 miles before finding where the trail started. Followed it around the mountain all the way to O'Neil Spring. The trail is well maintained up to this point, probably for the cattle accessing the spring as there were many hoof prints in the soil. Past the spring the trail is still good, at least until you descend into the wash. The trail gets a bit more overgrown here, so it's a good thing I wore pants for this hike. I ended up crossing the creek many times and the further I went the less visible the trail became. Good thing I downloaded a .gpx track for this hike, I usually don't do that. Eventually I saw the tip of Indian Spring Peak come into view and eventually the trail ended and spit me out as the wash also disappeared. Hiked pretty close to the top, but didn't go all the way up for safety reasons. While there does seem to be a way up on the western side of the rock formation, I really didn't want to injure myself on the descent.
Stayed a bit here and enjoyed the views. You can see Bartlett Reservoir, SP Mountain, Maverick Mountain, Carefree, Chalk Mountain, Diamond Mountain, and much more. Eventually decided to start heading back down. For most of the trip down I debated with myself if I should hike up Diamond Mountain. When I arrived back at O'Neil Spring I has finally convinced myself I'd do it tomorrow. (I did not end up doing it tomorrow, in fact it took me till 11am to finally get all my camping gear packed up as I really didn't want to get up and moving)
Enjoyable hike in all. Wish it was cooler. 70 degrees in December is a scam.
Views from Indian Spring Peak - [ youtube video ]
O'Neil Spring and collection box - [ youtube video ] |
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