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Dutch - Whiskey - Bluff Springs Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 15.49 Miles |
2,400 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.49 Miles | 7 Hrs 32 Mns | | 2.34 mph |
| 2,400 ft AEG | 55 Mns Break | 10 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | The drive in to the Peralta TH is in great shape except for the final 1/2 mile, which is a bit rocky. I wouldn't take the Vette or the Lamborghini on this part, but the Subaru was more than fine.
Signs are up warning of the upcoming TH closure on March 3rd for those seeking to surf the wave from that TH, and crews are busy lining the road with five miles of fencing to keep the riffraff out. Note to those assembling the fence: you’ll have job security repairing it from said riffraff. Land mines or lasers might need to be deployed.
62 and breezy to start (Joe calls it cold, Linda calls it hot, I thought it was jussst right).
We did the CCW loop going out on the Dutchman Trail. Barkley Basin is as green as I’ve ever seen it. Based on the forecasted temps and precip outlook, it won’t last more than a couple of weeks. After making the climb to Miners Summit, we turned onto the Whiskey Spring Trail.
Whiskey Spring Canyon still has flowing water in places. We passed a pleasant British couple backpacking for a couple of days.
On the Red Tanks Trail, we passed more flowing water and pools. We took a short break at LaBarge Spring before starting our climb up the Dutchman Trail again. Lunch was in Bluff Springs Canyon, with a trickling creek and a gecko doing push-ups.
Now we’re in the homestretch on the Bluff Springs Trail. I think it’s actually harder going down Cardiac Hill than up. 82 degrees to finish, but the breeze kept it palatable. Good catching up with Joe-Joe the wonder chimp. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
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| |  I didn't check the spring box, but flowing water both upstream and downstream from the location indicated on the topo map | | _____________________
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