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Boulder Bob's Cabin Trail, AZ
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| Hiking | 4.69 Miles |
990 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.69 Miles | 3 Hrs 22 Mns | | 1.59 mph |
| 990 ft AEG | 25 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Looking at the forecast for the day, it looked like the rain would be moving in during the afternoon, so S and I were looking for something close to the valley. I have not been up Ballantine, so our original plan was to start from the Ballantine TH, but after seeing a road on Google Earth where the Pipeline Trail starts (saving a good amount of climbing and time), we decided to go this way instead. 1704 starts innocent and easy enough, but quickly turns into a slow rock crawl. As we continued up, the rocks got bigger and the erosion worse, eventually leading me to pull off at a spot roughly 50 yards from the start of the Boulder Bob's Cabin Trail. Knowing we still had a ways to go up the road to get to the start of Pipeline, we changed course and started down Boulder Bob's instead. The trail goes down a small hill, crosses a wash, then makes a small climb up and over a ridge, which led us to an interesting-looking rock area that we explored for a bit before continuing. The trail was hit and miss; route finding was definitely on tap, as was the catclaw and Spiny Hackberry, which politely took its usual blood sacrifice. As the canyon narrowed, S decided to stay down in the creek, while I followed the track, going up a small ridge that eventually comes back into the creek bed. We spent a few minutes at the first ruin area, which had a rock wall with a side window still intact above. S saw a carin up on the ridge above this area and decided to hike it to explore it while I relaxed down below (turns out this was the right decision, as the carin led to nothing). We moved down the creek, exploring the different ruin areas, continuing to about a quarter mile short of Boulder Pass, before we decided to turn around as the wind picked up and the cloud layer thickened. Uneventful but chilly hike back to the 4Runner, where we ran into a hunter in an SxS going up 1704 who was surprised to see us drive this far up the road. He drove about 75 yards up before stopping to study the road, trying to decide if he should continue (which he eventually did about 10 minutes later). Tons of cattle in the area, but no other signs of wildlife. Nice short hike (beating the rain) in an interesting area I had not been to before, but would like to explore some more of, but will not be taking 1704 again as my skid plates and Falkens took a beating.
Side note - after doing some research, it appears 'Bob' was a prospector in the area in the early to mid-1900s. |
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