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| no partners | | Early morning hike at SoMo and a trip down memory lane. I had not done the T-Bone in a while so I thought I would revisit this forgotten and now renamed trail. Not that this was a fantastic trail, but it is kind of sad to think that once the “old-timers” of HAZ fade away (me) and/or the stable rides to the steakhouse ends the purpose of (most) of this trail will be forgotten. I say most, because about half of this trail has been rerouted a couple of times over the years. For a brief time, back in 2019, the T-Bone Trail had temporary signs on sections now signed as the Hau’ Pal and Crosscut Trails. In fact, what is currently listed as the official route for the T-Bone Trail is actually the Hau’ Pal Trail.
The old alignment of the T-Bone Trail takes off from the east end of the 19th Ave. TH. It’s pretty easy to follow and is initially signed as the Ma Ha Tauk Perimeter Trail. It heads due east, sandwiched between homes to the north and the foothills of South Mountain to the south. About .4 miles, you hit a decent sized wash and start to climb a hill that leads to a couple of ramadas. Back in the day, the trail would veer off to the east and go along the lip of the hill, just below the circular paved vista. Now, the trail switchbacks up to the ramadas. At this point it can get kind of confusing. There is a lot of activity at the Ramadas, causing “use” trails and there is a confluence of several trails coming together. However, the legitimate trails do stand out and are signed. The trail wraps around the ramadas and briefly piggybacks with the Crosscut trail, before splitting off from it, crossing a road and then connecting to the Max Delta. This last section is now just signed as a “connector trail” to the Max Delta and is kind of a mixture of old and new. About .1 miles west of the Max Delta, you can see where the TBone Trail use to split off, veering towards the north. That split has been “hillocked” to discourage use and is even now, starting to be reclaimed by the desert.
My plan had been to hike this tattered trail and then continue into the park a create a loop. But as I was taking pictures of the end of the TBone Trail I realized that my Garmin had not tracked any data. So I decided to do a simple in and out of this trail. It worked to my benefit. On the way back I was fortunate enough to see two javelina heading up the slopes. I know this was a poor and rambling description of my memory of the TBone Trail. My apologies to all who bothered to read it. |
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. I don't know if they could have made the renaming of this section any more confusing if they wanted to. Too what use to be the Ma Ha Tauk back to the TH. Had the trails to myself, though there were several cars parked along the road outside the gates TH. No wildlife. Warm, but WHEN the breeze came it was bearable.
