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| | Hiking | 12.00 Miles | 7 Hrs 45 Mns | | 1.55 mph |
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| partners | | I invited gpsjoe to join me on this seldom hiked, remote Superstition north section of the JF Trail#106 starting from the Tortilla TH at the end of gnarly 4x4 FR213. Originally I had planned to drive my semi-open Grasshopper(to easily negotiate driving up the two 4x4 step sections of FR213) but the cold temps for this Saturday and my good luck that Sun_Hiker(Gabriele) would also join us, meant that gpsjoe would take his Toyota 4-Runner. We were also looking forward to meeting up on the trail with HAZ te-wa(Mike) and group(wallyfark and Vaporman-Brian) who were hiking a weekend loop backpack trip in from this same TH. Good to see Mike again and to finally meet Wally and Brian for the first time! I did end up with a great group pic of our trail meeting and passing.. these guys are squirrel-speed-like..
We three were geared-up with our catsclaw pruners, gps units loaded with a know default route, cameras, and of course an amAZing attitude to be so lucky to again have our Superstition Wilderness to hike in. As others have noted in their triplogs, for being so remote, this northern section of the JF Trail is in fairly decent condition for the first five miles in with lots of loose ankle-twisting rocks, also some obscure trail sections where the gps with a loaded route definitely comes in handy. The last one mile section to Tortilla Pass becomes a fairly tough bushwhack where catsclaw pruners are no help at all. After four hours of scenic and fun hiking we three reached Tortilla Pass at 1pm where we had a short lunch break.
I really did enjoy the scenry on this hike and I hope my pic set kind-of confirms this. Also enjoyed meeting and hiking with Sun-Hiker for the first time and thanks to Joe for driving! Our hike started out well and ended with an amAZing sunset pic opportunity as we exited on FR213-
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