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| no partners | | Early morning hike at SoMo. Glad this trail is still listed in HAZ, even though it no longer exists as routed. 15ish years ago, this is the trail that got me into hiking. I try to revisit it on a regular basis and amazingly I haven’t hiked it this year.
Got to the TH around 6:30. I had a couple of hikers heading up just before I started, so I decided to the loop in reverse. Started on what was known as the T-Bone, now part of the Ma Ha Tauk Perimeter trail. Three years ago this route changed around the ramada, but it has been “set” since. Took the Max Delta briefly, and then hoping to get more distance, I turned onto the Crosscut and then onto the Ranger. Took the Ranger up to to where it connects to the Bajada. Then took the Bajada over to where it intersects the back end of the Max Delta. (This occurs where the new TH is being built at the former “triangle”. I was not surprised to discover that the Park has rerouted the Alta trail. Looks like the Alta trail now begins at this new TH). Took the Max Delta north to where the Crosscut (formerly Ma Ha Tauk) starts and then took that back to the TH. Nice loop, though I was surprised that going out to the Ranger only added about .3 miles to my usual route. Weather was great! Encountered 5 hikers and 2 trail runners. Saw a road runner  . |
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Nice that they open the gates a little early at SoMo. I was able to get on the trail by 4:45. Followed the old alignment for the Ma Ha Tuak back to the Max Delta which I took back to the triangle, where it ends at the Bajada. Turn around and took the Max Delta to where it use to connect to the T-Bone Trail. Ironically, the T-Bone has been renamed the Ma Ha Tuak Perimeter which I took back to the TH. The names have changed, but the trails remain. 
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. Saw a man posing for a drone next to the tower. It's my understanding these tend to be private network communication towers for crypto currency. ](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall"){kind=small}
. Update: As of 4/16 appears towers may be gone. 
Here’s to a good year! Happy New Year!!
