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| Hiking | 4.64 Miles |
1,303 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.64 Miles | 3 Hrs | | 1.55 mph |
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| no partners | | Note: This hike was not a bushwhack at all! The hike involves road and good trail all the way to the summit.
I camped the night before about 1.4 miles East of Usery Pass not far from FS 3554 after hiking Usery BM, a few numbered peaks and Pass Mt. It was a full day of hiking and this was the 3rd day of my trip. I got up early, had a big bowl of oatmeal and hot chocolate in the morning. I packed up my campsite and drove over to the Wolverine gate. I had access to the Bulldog canyon so I decided to drive in a bit, down FS 10, and after roughly 0.3 miles, I turned right on FS 1356. This road is strictly 4x4 and there were a few rough spots but I made it in my capable Chevy 4x4 truck.
After driving a total of about 1.2 miles from the gate I saw a few other vehicles parked here. I parked and started my hike from this point at around 9 am. The weather was nice at this time but it was warming up quick. I followed an unmarked road Northwest and then North for about 1 mile before I found a trail leading off to the right. This is the trail to take to get to Dome Mt. The trail leads up to a saddle. From there, you will need to make a left and head up along some cliffs and up to the top.
Along the way, I saw a wide variety of wild flowers and plants - some orange globe mallow, brittlebush, poppies, cholla, wolfberry, red salvia or firecracker bush, New Mexico plumeseed, cream cups, chalk dudleya, miner's lettuce, rockcress, saxifrage-pink, lanceleaf liveforever, Eaton's penstemon (red), Florida hopbush, bachelor's button, indian paintbrush, red-maids, purple sandwort, Coulter's lupine, and more.
Past the first saddle, on the way up, I saw a solo hiker coming down and 2 large groups coming down when I was 750 feet from the summit. Overall the trail was good but there were a few gravelly slippery areas and I needed to take my time in these sections.
At the summit, I found an ammo box with a registry which I signed. There were some amazing views all around.
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Distance (round trip) = 4.64 miles
AEG = 1303 feet
Strava moving time = 2 hrs 22 mins
Strava elapsed time = 3 hrs 57 mins |
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
Along the way, I saw a wide variety of wild flowers and plants - some orange globe mallow, brittlebush, poppies, cholla, wolfberry, red salvia or firecracker bush, New Mexico plumeseed, cream cups, chalk dudleya, miner's lettuce, rockcress, saxifrage-pink, lanceleaf liveforever, Eaton's penstemon (red), Florida hopbush, bachelor's button, indian paintbrush, red-maids, purple sandwort, Coulter's lupine, and more. |
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Michael Williams
IT Professional
Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
www.beachfrontmexico.us
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The start was a cool 51 degrees with the wind blowing away. The road hiking was easy and the first wash was choked but relatively easy to navigate. The wash up to the saddle was ugly and the traverse up to on ball bearing gravel into the wind tunnel was down right annoying. The cairned route up to Dome Mountain with the wind at our backs was a welcome relief. The guzzler was an interesting distraction and the lunch spot top notch. The ridgeline over to the high point of the hike was well the high point and it went down hill from there. Even the wildlife wasn't anywhere to be found in the thicket. For a while I was thinking this should have been called the Dumb Dumb route but I fell for it. 
We were glad to finally find the trail and it was easy going back. There was good and bad. It was nice to get out with Joe & Bruce and I got to see more of The Goldfields. In the end I'm glad I hiked this route and I'm equally glad it's over.
