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Salt #100 Off Trail Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 4.50 Miles |
139 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.50 Miles | 1 Hour 54 Mns | | 2.37 mph |
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| partners | | Just another meandering loop starting from the gate across from Coon Bluff Horse Staging lot, a place we won't be seeing any equestrians until March 2026 due to the following:
Tonto National Forest Alert:
Lower Salt River Area Temporary Emergency Equestrian Closure for Public Health & Safety
Alert Start Date: December 6, 2025
Alert End Date: March 6, 2026
Order Number: 03-12-03-25-36
Prohibitions: Riding, hitching, tethering or hobbling a horse or other saddle or pack animal in violation of posted instructions within the Described Area.
Purpose: The purpose of this Order is to protect public health and safety in concurrence with Administrative Order #25A-ASD055-AGR for quarantine of equine in the Lower Salt River area issued by Arizona Department of Agriculture on December 6, 2025, to prevent further spread of Equine Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) for a least 14 days from the time the last animal displays clinical signs.
We set off on Trail #100 but again wandered off to check out the area where two days ago I encountered a herd of Javelina while mountain biking.
As an aside... the only reason I was biking in that area was to follow up on encountering a dead Javelina five days earlier which had been marked with an orange sash, and sure enough, it had been removed.
However, encountering the herd days later it seemed very much like I'd seen happen with horses, others in the same herd returning to pay their respects off-and-on over time, so I figured it was worth a shot to see if the herd would make an appearance for Tracey, but it was not to be.
With the level of the Salt River flowing in the <10 cubic-feet-per-second range, we decided to head to my favorite 'Salt River Overlook' adjacent to the Foxtail Admin site to document the flow.
(FYI: While mountain biking I have documented the various levels of Salt River flow with photos 200+ times over the last half-dozen years)
The return trip from the overlook was more meandering in areas of previous animal sightings (other than the 'wild' horses) but since the whole area had been so trampled by the horses where bales of hay had been dumped during the long dry spell, the low expectation was rewarded as such... nothing. |
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