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| Hiking | 7.71 Miles |
1,065 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.71 Miles | 3 Hrs 15 Mns | | 2.41 mph |
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| no partners | | This hike was much better than I expected it to be. The views make it surprisingly better than you would expect, but the running water in Queen Creek and the clouds and cooler temps made it even more pleasant.
This basically the old highway from Superior to Miami/Globe. The historical nature of it and the nice views as you ascend more than make up for the fact that it's mostly hiking on a degraded asphalt road. The trail ends just on the other side of the tunnel by the traffic pulloff. At the top I found a climbers' trail called Atlantis. Not sure how long it goes or exactly where, but it was cool to find that. From the north side of the 60, more water was cascading down the hill to the culverts under the highway and into Queen Creek Canyon. Very cool to see all this in motion. High up there the temperature were very cool and breezy.
The sun came out on the way down, lighting up the canyon and areas to the south that were hit by the fire in June. Funny that the last time I was there just 2 months ago it was on fire and now it already looks very green.
Once I got back to the Magma Ave TH, I headed down the last segment of the LOST through downtown Superior. That goes about a half mile, then cuts across Queen Creek again and follows it. There is a bridge to cross in the downtown area. About a mile or so lat the trail crosses the creek again, but that time my luck ran out. while the flow had visibly let up from early in the morning, it was still too swift and deep at this crossing for me to make it across without getting my feet drenched and maybe even loosing footing. I decided to cut the hike short a couple miles and head back. The mix of the sun, vegetation and humidity made that an easier decision that it would normally have been otherwise.
The entire hike the sound of running water was everywhere. Very nice to experience that in August in the desert. |
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as we neared the end of the hike. Capped off a great day with lunch at Porters Saloon. Great day! Thanks guys! 
