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1,744 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.61 Miles | 5 Hrs 10 Mns | | 1.80 mph |
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| no partners | | Brian and I arrived around 11.30 am. It was almost time for lunch so we just decided to have lunch at the trailhead.
Thanks to Matthias Stender for posting a route which was useful in trying to find the summit.
We started around Noon walking up the rough 4x4 road which was steep in some place. After about a mile we saw a trail sign on the left. The trail said McFadden Horse trail #146 and indicated that it was 1.6 miles to the top. In a few places there were fallen logs or debris over the trail, but it was fairly easy to follow. It was quite hot in places coming up with not a lot of shade on the steeper part. Up higher we felt a breeze and it got a little cooler. For this hike you will notice there are trail sections that are steep and then the trail levels off. Then, the trail gets steep again. As you get close to the summit, the trail flattens out. We decided to bypass the trail by doing an open country hike to where we thought the high point was. When we got there it really was hard to tell because the summit was so large and flat. We searched all over and didn't find a registry of any kind, but we did see several large cairns / towers of rock in our exploration.
I had a jar with me so we started a new registry. I wrote in the names of the known summits according to peak bagger. There were 8 or 10 names.
*Also, congrats to Michael Berry who hiked it 2 days after us and sent us a photo of our newly placed registry! He said he had no problem finding our registry and I was glad to hear that.
On the way down we followed the trail which was to the East of where we placed the registry. It's really very difficult to know where the true high point was. The X on the topo map was at a point that was slightly lower than the area that was just to it's North. At the summit there were some trees to get shade but not much, as it seemed that a lot of this mountain burned before. To the North of the summit, there was more shade.
Stats:
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Distance (round trip): 6.61 miles
AEG: 1,744 feet
Strava moving time: 3 hrs 36 mins
Strava elapsed time: 5 hrs 10 mins
Driving Directions:
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From Globe, AZ...
Continue onto US-60 W/N Broad St/Willow St
Continue to follow US-60 W
Pass by Wells Fargo Bank (on the right in 2.2 mi)
continue for 2.9 mi
Take Sharp right onto AZ-188 N (signs for Roosevelt)
continue for 14.7 mi
Turn right onto AZ-288 N, continue for 29.3 mi.
Just at mile marker 288 (on AZ-288) you will see a pullout area on the right.
Destination will be on the right
you will see a sign for FSR 145 which is an old road. I don't believe it's even possible to drive this road anymore but it's OK for walking now.
Young, AZ 85554 |
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