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Last month I got to go up Saulsbury into the Chiricahuas for the first time in 25 years, and now I got to do it again!

My friend Corey wasn't able to go with us in August, so he asked to go in September. We did a similar circuit starting in West Turkey Creek, ascending Saulsbury Thursday, spending two nights at Cima Cabin, and descending Morse Canyon this time instead of Pole Bridge. On Friday we did a day hike to Centella Point and summited Flys Peak.

Saulsbury Trail #263

See my August triplog for a more detailed description. Notable changes this time were: no more water in the creek, and somebody cleared the thicket of locust trees that we had to crawl through before. I'd brought some clippers this time but didn't need them!

Crest Trail #270, Greenhouse Trail #248, Cima Cabin

Not much different to report since last month, though I missed the sign for Greenhouse Trail because I was looking on the ground, and someone had hung it back up on a tree using cord. You can't miss it unless you are expecting it to be lying on the ground. :)

Lots more rodent activity in the outhouse, with piles of nesting material accumulating on a nightly basis. BYOTP.

Booger Spring

We took a side trip to Booger Spring so I could show Corey where it was. The trail is totally clear and free of deadfall; I hadn't been through in a while; last time I was there I remember quite a bit of deadfall. It was nice not having to scramble over giant tree trunks. At the spring, as predicted the box was full. What I didn't expect was the overflow trough to have water in it, too. I stand by my estimation that Booger Spring is the best of the Crest.

Bear Wallow #333

I guess someone must have taken all the deadfall from Booger Spring trail and moved it to Bear Wallow. Last time I was on Bear Wallow there was no deadfall and it was clear the whole way. Now, just past Bear Wallow Spring moving toward Centella, there are many large downed trees covering the trail. Pink flagging tape marks the route, but don't go this way unless you're fit enough to scramble over a series of giant trunks.

Bear Wallow spring was full, though no flow across the trail as I've seen in the past. Every time I've been by here the lid is off; I left it as I found it.

Centella Trail #334

This is a really nice trail. I'd been on it once in the past to Centella Point. The leg east of Bear Wallow junction is quite lovely and varied, with patches of meadow, young forest, old forest, aspen groves... all punctuated with impressive views, especially to the south. The trail is in good shape with a few exceptions; minor deadfall here and there (nothing you can't step over), and one stretch through a meadow where the trail disappears in the wildflowers and grass. The aspens around Centella Point have definitely grown since I was last there, and the views are starting to get obstructed to the east and northeast. From the grassy clearing though you get a nice panorama to the south, southeast, and southwest. It's a great view.

On our return we took Centella to Flys Park. This is a cool, shady stroll through a densely vegetated tunnel of aspens and remnant old growth pine. There is an unmarked drainage about halfway between the Bear Wallow junction and Flys Park that had water flow and a useful pool by the trail. Tub Spring is a bit further west but was less useful.

Flys Peak Trail #337

After a brief debate about returning to Cima via the Crest or Flys Peak, we settled on the climb to Flys Peak. It was a bit of a workout but not too bad. Like Centella, the trail up from Flys Park is mostly a hike through an aspen tunnel, though the peak is still pine forest. There is a nice campsite, the foundation of an old lookout tower, and a log book. There are also lots of fascinating gnarly old trees and a halfway decent view to the west. We passed a couple hikers from Apache Junction on the way up, and chatted with them a bit when they met us at the summit.

We descended the south slope, which was badly burned. The trail is in good condition and easier to follow than I remember from a past trip. The trail does completely disappear in the last couple hundred feet as it enters Round Park, but you can see the sign and just walk toward it. It seems finding the trail headed up from Round Park might be a bit more difficult.

Crest Trail #270B

The only notable difference about this leg between my August trip and this one, is that the crime scene I discovered over a month prior was still there. That was a big disappointment, since I had reported it to the Forest Service who then reported it to law enforcement. Corey had a large enough trash bag with him so we gathered it all up and I lashed it to my pack, then tried to restore the area to a more natural state.

Turtle Mountain Trail #219

We passed the only other hikers we'd see all day, a couple headed in the opposite direction.

Morse Canyon Trail #43

In August I'd hiked out Pole Bridge, but we opted for a shorter route to the car and took Morse Canyon instead. It's probably the best maintained trail I've been on in the Chiricahuas. It's also really pretty, and mostly healthy pine forest with lushly vegetated burn scars yielding raspberries in season.

We hiked the road back to the shortcut to the car, and bushwhacked the rest of the way. Saw two deer while bushwhacking.

Overall a fabulous and enjoyable trip with lovely weather, though it was windy on Saturday. Dead quiet, abundant solitude, and amazing nature.
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Aspens just starting to turn.
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Huge meadows of wildflowers throughout the crest. Somebody did something about the raspberries, as I only found a half dozen in 24 miles.

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Spring box is full. As always it seems, the lid is off.

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No visible flow in the drainage but there’s plenty in the spring box, clear and easy to collect. Even the overflow box had some but it’s better straight from the spring.

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Some flow and large pool to collect from. Finally found the developed spring box. It’s got water but it’s easier and cleaner in the creek.

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No more pools.

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Nothing in the tub but there is a trickle and small puddle on the trail. Not particularly easy to collect from but technically possible. There's a better spot in a drainage a ways down the trail to the east.
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TL;DR: Very pretty, senic, and green set of trails. There's good water at Tub Spring, Anita Spring, and Cima Spring right now. Stick to the Crest Trail to avoid deadfall.

I've wanted to go up to Chiricahua Peak for a while and I was able to arrange plans to go this weekend. The road up from the west we were able to go up with 2WD and 8 inches ground clearance. On the way up, two deer dashed in front of our car and down into the canyon on a very steep section right by the saddle. Up at elevation, it was probably in the 70s in the mountains with wind blowing east. Stopped before the road to Barfoot Campground to hike up to 31.9132, -109.2658 for a wonderful view into NM and the expanse of the mountains. After this we parked at the entrance to Barfoot Park.

The park was very pretty with irises all along the flowing creek. The park was fenced off so there was only one way in/out. After this we hiked up to the Crest Trail. The trail up to it had ~5 trees crossing the trail. One of these gave my splinters so avoid touching them with your hands. One or two of these we had to squat under. The views of Barfoot Peak were very pretty from the trail with the peak's lush aspens and beautifully colored scree. Up to the peak it was slow going but offered pretty views. At the top there were views to all sides and everything was very pretty. There was a benchmark, summit register, some sort of antenna at the top, and a few ladybugs. These would be the only few we saw on the hike. Under the summit register from 2022 in the center of the foundation of the lookout house was a ladybug graveyard. Headed down to the Crest Trail again and took that to the Bootlegger Trail. The only deadfall on the crest trail was here and it was easy to step over. What was surprising is all around this area we had 4G signal with Verizon. The trail in this section had a few plants bleeding onto it and the soil and therefore the tread was loose, a common theme with the Crest Trail. From here continued on to some cliffs which were nice to lay underneath and look at the views.

We stopped at Hillside Spring for a lunch bar. It was very tasty and the shade of the pines made it cool. Here we saw the only person we would see on the trails on the road beneath the spring. They were wearing all white and carrying an insect net. After this we moved to Fly Saddle and then up to Flys Peak. At the saddle were good views westwards. Going up was hard since my legs were already starting to get tired. The peak was so pretty though because of all of the aspen surrounding us on the way up, a green tunnel. At the top was a fire pit and a couple camping spots. There was also the concrete piers for the lookout tower. There 3 benchmarks up here in 2010, but we could only find the reference marks. The arrows were known to be off and we weren't sure exactly the spot the mark should have been. We searched for 30 minutes but to no avail. Looks like I might have to bring the metal detector to find this one in the future, if it is still there.

Going downhill was fast but time was passing by quickly. There were cairns on this side of the peak but the trail was easy to see. We decided that we would look for water, then camp and do Chiricahua Peak in the morning. We walked right past the junction for the Anita Park Trail as the sign was on the ground and not obvious. At the park we saw the perfect camp spot but continued on to the spring. There were 15 pieces of deadfall on this trail. The way down from the park was cairned well although it helped having the route on my phone. The spring had water so we filtered a few liters and carried it up to the campsite. The campsite had a few stumps and was situated right next to a stand of aspen, protecting us from the winds. A bit north there were two fire pits where we boiled water and rehydrated our dinners. Before this we realized we forgot our sporks so we widdled a dead aspen tree into forks with a multitool. I had beef stroganoff. It wasn't bad. A bit more north of this we hung our food and other smelly items in a dead tree. I was in my sleeping bag by 8 and fell asleep afterwards.

My sleep wasn't the best, waking up several times during the night for a matter of minutes. At 12 or so I looked up at the stars. I could just make out the cloud that makes up the milkyway. It was the most I'd ever seen of it. All the pictures I see of the sky seem fake. How am I supposed to make out so much detail? I woke up at 5-ish.

We slowly packed up and got ready. My breakfast was rehydrated biscuits and gravy. It was hard to finish by the end, not the best one I've had. We decided that we had enough water already so we would go to the helipad and then Chiricahua Peak without our backpacks and then come back and depart for Barfoot park. The helipad offered impressive views. Do not skip this if you come past here. The climb to the top was slow and steady through a tunnel of green aspens. We saw some stale bear scat on the trail. There was maybe 3 ground-level pieces of deadfall on this trail. At the top was a benchmark with the elevation off by ~20 feet. Saw Chumley had summited the day before. Headed down, got our bags, and headed back. I wanted to survey some of the springs on the way back so we went down to the cabin down the Greenhouse Trail. There was no deadfall on this trail. The stream was flowing pretty good but there were a ton of gnats/flys. There was a bathroom as well which was in good condition, if you bring your own toilet paper. Cima Spring can be spotted from the trail because of the typical lush plants that grow around water here. Approach the spring from the east, not the west. The scent of the pine forest was really nice here. It was a bit hotter today though because the sun was right on us and the wind had died down, although the skies seemed a tiny bit clearer.

We turned down the Bear Wallow Trail to the Bear Wallow Spring. NOTE: The sign for the Booger Spring Trail has the arrow pointing the wrong direction. The Bear Wallow Spring had good water. Before this, the trail was pretty visible from the saddle but so much deadfall appeared out of nowhere. For the next tenth of a mile or so it was just tree after tree that we navigated over and around. Some of the trees I crossed required decent flexibility so be prepared if you want to cross this section. We linked back up with the trail and made it to the Centella Trail. The trail was much more defined but there was still some smaller deadfall on the trail. An unmarked spring at (31.8781842, -109.2802300) had good water, on par with Tub Spring, which we saw next. This section of the trail was surrounded be trees so we couldn't see much.

We met back up with the Crest Trail and decided to check out Fly Park Spring (31.8813200, -109.2839600). I saw on OpenStreetMap there was supposed to be a trail there. Nope. Ended up cutting myself on some deadfall in the process of making it to the spring. The spring was some seepage out of the ground and was only a small trickle. Don't bother with this. Take the hike to Tub Spring instead. We took a break under the shade of a pine and headed up the hillside to the Long Park Trail, which had little deadfall and was pretty short up to the trail. This is definitely the recommended way. We went back to the Crest Trail and trucked our way all the way back to Barfoot Park. We fixed/propped up any signs that we were able to fix at junctions along our way. Some of them need replacing. We saw one turkey fly away from us when hiking back. We also saw two deer on the way down the road. We got chocolate dipped cones at the DQ in Wilcox afterwards. Also gas is a dollar cheaper in Wilcox than in Tucson right now. Stop in Wilcox or at a Loves.
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Rocky mountain irises were common in the grasslands at saddles. Some other purple flowers, maybe purple locoweeds or new mexico lupines were also present, although less frequent. The occasional small yellow flowers were around as well.

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Rocks seep from rocks into the basin which is overflowing slowly in the canyon. The basin had some earth at the bottom but still plenty of water which was clear and tasty after filtered.

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Really good water flow. Didn't open spring box but safe to say it had quite a bit in it.

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Spring box had cover off which revealed good quality water pretty deep. The creek adj. to the box had a light flow.

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Spring box did not have overflow water. Didn't lift the cover but dropped a rock under it which revealed water in the box. Water was seeping in the surrounding area. By the cabin there was good water flow.

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Didn't open catchment. The exposed box had water slowly seeping into it with about an inch of murky water. The spring source had deeper water of better quality.

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Box is a couple inches deep but filled with leaves and sticks. The stream is running pretty well probably a couple quarts per min, although it is shallow which might make it hard to collect water from it.
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Chiricahua Peak was my destination for the second day of hiking with a side trip to Centilla Point. I had breakfast down in Portal so I didn't get to the Trail Head until 9:00. I still had plenty of time to get the 12.5 miles in and drive back to Tucson. Today will be a continuation of the Crest Trail to the high point in the Chiricahua Mountains, Chiricahua Peak at 9759 feet. Today the clouds were building up but I anticipated that like yesterday they would drift off to the Northwest. I Made it to the Peak by 11:00 and just as I got there and took my pack off it started to rain and hail and lightning. Not wanting to hang out on the highest point around during a lightning storm I abandon the break and headed down the peak. Instead of going down the way I came I thought I would go down the other side and meet the Crest Trail. There is supposedly a trail here but I only saw vague remnants of what looked like might be a trail. It was only .4 miles and the bush wacking was fairly easy. On my way up I ran into a black bear and its cub but it took off before I could get a photo, I thought by going down the other side of the hill I might run across them again but I didn't. Once back on the Crest Trail I broke out my poncho, I was already pretty wet but was concerned about my camera. The rain would continue on and off through early afternoon but nothing torrential and luckily most lightning was not air to ground. I do love lightning storms at 10,000 feet. I was able to finish up all the routes I intended to and the cloud cover/rain kept it cool and a bit muggy. I pretty much finished all the trails on the top of the mountain but there are quite a few that start lower down and head up to the crest. I will wait til Fall, winter or spring to do these. My list of trails to do keeps getting Larger not shorter. Looks like Pinaleno and Chiricahua Mountains in fall and spring and Superstitions in the winter.

The trails on this hike were in pretty good shape with the exception of the Bear Wallow Trail, it was a bit faint but once again with a careful watch, easy to follow. Tub Spring on the north side of Flys Peak was running. Didn't check Booger Spring or Anita Spring. Great views from all along the trail but if it is wide long views across the valleys below don't come during monsoon the humidity limits the distance you can see. Monsoon Season is a good time to see Rain storms passing over the valleys below or on nearby peaks and canyons. Raspberries were plentiful and strawberry plants were all around but no strawberries yet.
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Recovery from Horseshoe II Fire:

A volunteer USFS crew of four worked out from Long Park to Tub Spring on the Centella Point trail. We logged out the trail almost to the saddle with Bear Wallow trail and improved the tread where it needed it the most. At Tub Spring, we built a diversion dam to keep overwash into the spring box.

On October 17th, we cleared several logs off the Centella trail and continued doing the same on the Bear Wallow trail (#333) toward Round Park. We bailed and cleaned out Bear Wallow spring box and built a diversion dam. We bypassed the final 100 yards of blowdown into Round Park but the C-REC crew took care of this on the 18th.

The fire burned hot south of Bear Wallow Spring so there is significant gullying and downslope movement along this part of the trail.

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Better flow than dripping but less than a quart a minute. Cleaned out and built diversion dams. Significant burn above the spring so anticipate downslope movement over the next couple of years.

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Cleaned out and protected from downslope erosion.
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Trail work - June 3-12, 2009, Sierra Club Service Trip

Summary
For trails noted, cleared of all downed logs. Brushing and treadwork accompanied clearing the trails of trees. About 15 miles of trail worked. If last year's estimate of trees per mile holds, we cut out or moved over 200 trees from the trails. Largest tree was 25 inches (green Douglas Fir on Bear Wallow trail).
Work accomplished over seven days with eight to twelve people. Sierra Club Service Trip.

Trails Cleared
Long Park to Fly Saddle
North and South Fly Peak Trails (337)
Crest Trail (270) from northern Wilderness boundary to Junction Saddle
Chiricahua Peak (270A)
Junction Saddle to Chiricahua Saddle (270B); Chiricahua Saddle to Paint Rock (270B); we scouted eleven trees on the trail from Paint Rock to Monte Vista.
Aspen Saddle to Chiricahua Saddle (270D)
Junction to Price Canyon trail junction (270C); many small trees across trail from Price Canyon to South Fork jct.
Anita Spring trail (359)
Booger Springs trail from Round Park (347)
Greenhouse trail (248) to basin overlook from Cima Park and from lower trailhead to Upper Falls Overlook (heard from Portal Hiking Club that there is a tree across the trail above the overlook and the Cima watershed)
Bear Wallow (335). This included extensive clearing and total rework of portions of the trail around the spring south of the spring
Centella Point trail (334) from Fly Saddle out to overlook

Details
June 2 - Arrival of early group of seven in late afternoon at Rustler Park.
June 3 - carried supplies into Cima Cabin from Long Park and cut out one tree from Crest Trail north of Bootlegger Saddle; return via Bear Wallow to check trail conditions on east side of Flys Peak.
June 4 - hike to Cima with supplies and removed logs along Crest from Long Park to Cima Park; cleared blow down northeast of Round Park
June 5 - Anne and Terri to Willcox for groceries. Jody, Jim, Jean, John, Joe, Eb and Fred cleared logs off Flys Peak trails and out to Anita Park on Crest Trail.
June 6 - hike to Cima with produce purchased in Willcox on June 5. Prepare to depart from Rustler Park; rest of members of Service Trip arrive. Say adios to Eb.
June 7 - depart for Cima to set up camp; afternoon doing safety training, cutting log below Cima Cabin, Cleared logs out Crest Trail to Anita Park and Springs (no water in the spring) and out to Aspen Saddle.
June 8 - Continue out the Crest Trail toward Sentinel Peak. Smaller group clears logs off trail to Chiricahua Peak. Cleared trail to Price Canyon junction and beyond. About a mile of uncleared trail remains to South Fork junction.
June 9 - Light rain so five of us walked down Greenhouse trail and took out one log while enjoying the natural conditions. Joe scouted the trails around Chiricahua Peak and in the afternoon, six of us (Fred, Jody, Joe, Jean, John) cleared trail for about ½ mile from Aspen Saddle toward Chiricahua Saddle.
June 10 - Cleared trails from Aspen and Junction Saddles out to Chiricahua Saddle. Lunch, then a smaller group out to Monte Vista but removed trees from trail out to Paint Rock.
June 11 - Returned to Round Park and worked the Bear Wallow trail to the junction with the Centella Trail. Cut out trees, tread work, brushing, and trail reroute south of the spring. Ended at big Douglas Fir.
June 12 - Back to the big fir and with Zac's help, Terri and Jeanie did an underbuck - 25 inches, a tough one. Cleared trees and lopped out Centella Trail with a break on the overlook. Could see to the Florida Mountains south of Deming; fires in the Peloncillos and Animas Ranges. Returned to Flys Saddle with lunch at Tub Springs cut out a number of trees and brushed as we went. Returned tools and gear to Zac's truck at the Long Park Trailhead.
June 13 - Broke camp and hiked out to Rustler Park and se dijimos adios.
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usually running but stagnant in early June; other springs: Bear Wallow, Tub, Eagle, Booger, Kuniper all had some flow; flow in Cima Creek at Cabin

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Started at Rustler Park and took the Crest to Anita Springs to camp. TONS of great wildflowers along the way - particularly some beautiful burgundy salvias. This meant some nice butterflies and lots of humming bird action. Saw lots of bear scat, and I mean lots as in many different ones, and lots as in very large deposits. Had a bear amble through camp late at night before the mood was up, but didn't disturb anything. Hit the peak close to sunset - was disappointed that the peak register was missing. Next day hiked out to Centella Point. The Bear Wallow trail was very difficult to follow and we lost it just before the spring. Found the spring, but not the trail again until we'd bush-whacked up the hill to the Centella Point trail. This one was easy to follow, and the point was again choked with wildflowers and hosted some great views. Even could see Winn falls, which seemed to still have a good bit of water in it. Someone was camped out there - which seemed like a spectacular breakfast spot, though one I wouldn't want when the thunderstorms rolled in... Hiked back through Long Park. Don't recommend that trail - the single track is not terribly interesting compared to the Crest, and the road portion is very "crumbly" with lots of loose rock and uneven footing. Great hike overall, though!

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This was before the 2 (or 3?) fires that have hit Chiricahuas since then. There was one a few years before this trip. Great trail and views.
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