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Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297 - 2 members in 7 triplogs have rated this an average 3 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Jun 18 2024
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55 male
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Ladybug Peak 8780Tucson, AZ
Ladybug Peak 8780
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Jun 18 2024
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking4.00 Miles 800 AEG
Hiking4.00 Miles
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Bear Canyon Trail #299
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
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First up to Ladybug Peak ... Wow ... most ladybugs I've seen up there in years!
Next was down Bear Canyon trail to Dutch Henry trail.
Dutch Henry trail all but gone now.
Back up to Ladybug Peak for more ladybugs.
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Jul 28 2018
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Pinalenos East Side, AZ 
Pinalenos East Side, AZ
 
Hiking avatar Jul 28 2018
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking10.00 Miles 1,800 AEG
Hiking10.00 Miles
1,800 ft AEG
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Ladybug Peak 8780
Bear Canyon Trail #299
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
Twilight Spring
Jacobson Sawmill
Arcadia Campground
Wet Canyon
Round the Mountain Campground
Swift Trail (State Hwy 366)
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Sun up to sun down day trip starting from the top at Ladybug Saddle and working my way down the Swift Trail to the bottom. Ladybugs-spotted owls-berries-apples was the plan ..... 1 out of 4 accomplished :|

Ladybug Peak - Not 1 single bug on top, where are they?
Bear Canyon - Hiked the upper trail down from Ladybug to the Bear/Dutch T. Always an enjoyable scenic stretch down with many very nice places to camp. Had a real nice 2 hour hammock camp here before returning back up to the saddle.
Dutch Henry - Ole Dutch has seen better days, could only get about .25 mile down the path before the mountain starts to reclaim it. This is where the spotted owls live and I believe FS will never (I've heard) repair this trail to help further protect them. No owls found on this once outstanding trail.
Twilight Spring - Drove down to Twilight road and hiked in to the spring. The biggest patches of wild raspberries I've ever found are along this trail and it was not a question of them being there, but will they be there? As I made my way many of the berries had been picked by bears or others?, but there were still plenty left to fill my cup all the way down to the spring. The yellow sunflowers at the spring I anticipated were surprisingly out of peak, but that was OK as I had a cup full of wild berries to eat while I rested. My poo will look amazing soon!
Jacobson Sawmill - I then drove down to Jacobson and hiked in to the old Cluff Dairy to maybe pick some apples. Arrived to see way too many people camping at the dairy and that ended my apple picking dreams. The worst decision FS ever made was removing the gate and allowing people to drive down to this old historic area. Artifacts have been replaced with trash.
Arcadia - Stopped at the CG and hiked down to Wet Canyon to check the creek flow. Wet Canyon continues to flood and I still can not believe what this canyon now looks like since the fire!
RTM CG - Last stop down the Swift Trail was made at RTM for sunset and a walk down to Noon Creek.

No ladybugs,spotted owls or apples, but I did get my berries!
Along the way I spotted - 3 deer, 2 Abert's, turkey vultures, skunk, Mexican jays & a bobcat. Also heard but not spotted were many turkeys (Bear Canyon) and something big breaking tree limbs down in Dutch Henry Canyon ..... maybe a Preston Yeti?
I choose the East side on this day because all of these trails/area were Not affected by the Frye Fire and all looked great ..... I needed a no burn day :)
Wonderful trip!
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Jul 06 2015
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Ladybug Peak 8780Tucson, AZ
Ladybug Peak 8780
Tucson, AZ
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SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking5.10 Miles 1,150 AEG
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Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
Bear Canyon Trail #299
Ladybug Trail #329
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First up, Ladybug Peak from Ladybug Saddle. The ammo box register is gone, has been replaced with a round tin located a little lower down the peak. Ladybugs? I nailed it on this trip! Thousands x thousands of them covering the rocky peak. I was pulling them out of my hair, clothes & gear for the next 1/4 mile back down (that's a cool thing).

Second up, Bear Canyon down to Dutch Henry. Dutch Henry trail was cleared a few years ago, but once again has become a mess to get down. Only made it a 1/2 mile down before it became too much work to enjoy.

Third up, climbed back up to the Bear Canyon trail and took it down a ways off the south end of the mountain. Great views as always with monsoon storms in the distance moving in, was time to get back on the other side before they hit.

Last up, a short trip down the Ladybug Trail for the northern valley views before heading back up and down to Ladybug Saddle.

I ended with a short drive up the Swift Trail for sunset at the Arrow Tree overlook. Watched the sun go down and the storms move off the mountain never hitting the top. Not much on the ground for wildlife, but I saw and heard it all in the trees and sky today! Spotted owls, vultures & squirrels to name a few.
Another day well spent on Graham.
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Jun 07 2011
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Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297Tucson, AZ
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
Tucson, AZ
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SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking5.47 Miles 1,501 AEG
Hiking5.47 Miles   2 Hrs   34 Mns   2.13 mph
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Drove up to Ladybug saddle for one more hike on the mountain before the fire closure. First climbed up to Ladybug Peak and was able to see both the Wallow & Horseshoe two fires clearly from the peak. I then hiked down the trail to the Bear Canyon/Dutch Henry Y and sat for a minute trying to decide on what trail I wanted to do. Have never done the upper half of Bear Canyon or any of the Dutch Henry so I literally flipped a coin to decide, Dutch Henry it was. I only made it about 1.5 miles down on the recently worked trail until it became obvious where the work had stopped and the trail became too overgrown to continue. FS told me that they plan to clear the rest of this trail to the bottom by the end of summer. On the hike back out I had a cool encounter with an owl and a sudden & brief encounter with a bear that took off down the hillside breaking tree branches the whole way down. We both scared each other pretty good! Made it back up to the saddle and drove back down the mountain bummed that this will be my last hike up here until the monsoons come.
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Apr 03 2011
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 Joined Apr 12 2004
 Tucson, AZ
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297Tucson, AZ
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
Tucson, AZ
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PrestonSands • Triplogs 2,097
Hiking5.00 Miles 1,710 AEG
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Whoever did the recent trail work on ol' Dutch Henry gets a Tommy Boy "Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta hug!" style hug from me. What a difference between today's and last November's hike. The trail is clear of vegetation and logs, and the trail bed was repaired.

I started from Ladybug Saddle at 5 pm, went to Ladybug Peak, then down Bear Canyon Trail, with no real destination in mind. The top of the Dutch Henry Trail appeared to have seen some recent work, so I turned onto it to see if the unlikely was actually true. It was. Hooray! I made it onto the ridge that divides Veach Canyon and Dutch Henry Canyon, before turning around due to coming darkness.

I'll be back to hike all of you, Dutch Henry. I'm looking forward to it! :)

EDIT: Forest Service info from 3-29-11, verbatim:
..."The top end of the Dutch Henry Trail has been worked (about 2 miles in from Ladybug) but the other 7-ish miles are in bad shape and the public should not attempt to hike this thru (and the bottom end is just plain "gone", as well as not getting a vehicle anywhere near the bottom trailhead)"...
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Nov 20 2010
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Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297Tucson, AZ
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
Tucson, AZ
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PrestonSands • Triplogs 2,097
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Just getting to Dutch Henry's lower trailhead defeated Nick and I 4 years ago due to me getting stuck in Stockton Wash. Now, armed with 4wd, and having to stay close to home this weekend, I returned. I figured Dutch Henry shouldn't be too hard a hike, after all, the area had not burned in recent years. It took a few trial and errors on wrong roads and burning up alot of time, but I finally found the right road. I parked my truck in Stockton Wash, and hiked up to the trailhead. A weather beaten wooden trail sign greeted me.

After only making about a half mile of the lower trail in 45 minutes, I realized I was never going to make it up to the top today. The grasslands, thorny bushes, and time have reclaimed this stretch of trail completely. Only my gps and a few cairns let me know I was on the right track. Disapointed, I gave up, and decided to check out the top of the trail. After all, I love forest! I made it back to the highway, then drove up to Ladybug Saddle and started hiking.

After a brief visit to Ladybug Peak, I turned onto Bear Canyon Trail, and soon arrived at the top end of Dutch Henry. A trail crew had cleared the first 100 feet of Dutch Henry. :y: But soon Dutch Henry was a route finding-bushwhacking adventure. The trail bed is mostly gone, so I was navigating by ancient tree blazes and old cut logs along the steep forested mountainside. The terrain that Dutch Henry travels through is absolutely beautiful, too bad the trail ain't. I turned around at sunset, after only making 0.6 miles on upper Dutch Henry in nearly an hour of hiking. I hiked the rest of the way back to Ladybug Saddle by moonlight.

I didn't accomplish my goal of hiking the whole trail, but I got a nice taste of it and had fun. Maybe one day I'll return with some trail cleanup tools. Don't underestimate ol' Dutch Henry if you go. ;)

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Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297Tucson, AZ
Dutch Henry Canyon Trail #297
Tucson, AZ
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sidhayes • Triplogs 237
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A hike that is steep at times on the south and east side of the Pinaleno Mountains near Safford. I could not drive all the way to the trailhead, needed a four wheel drive but got most of the way there and rode a mountain bike the rest of the way. In about 7.5 miles it rises over 5000 feet to meet the road going up Mt. Graham, and also meets the Ladybug trail. One could descend the Ladybug trail and get picked up for a 13 mile trip or return the same way for a 15 mile trip. There was some water in Dutch Henry Canyon. It took me 1:30 to the top, and a little faster down. Saw no one on the trail and being remote, did not expect to.
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