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Hyde #6 is a road that turns into a trail. Pretty good all the way up, except some Y-Bar ankle busters for stretches. Itty bitty dead itchies hitch a ride on your socks at the top and on the way down Trail #5. #5 is a hint of a trail but is as the 2012-11-18 Official Route depicts, at least to Grapevine #9825 where we turned off. Easy enough to negotiate but occasional juniper limbs just need a quick snip.

Grapevine is a road. Easier to follow, nice to look forward and stroll across the forest.

We had a few options for a secondary peak heading back to the valley. After three strikes, we threw in the proverbial towel.

The retired four-year-old still rambles around and amuses/mystifies/intimidates his surroundings... ahem, non-stop. Good times with little Robbert Senior!

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Nov 10 2021

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Joined Feb 26 2008
Scottsdale, AZ

Hyde Grapevine Lasso Loop, AZ

Hiking		Nov 10 2021
		BobP • Triplogs 3,212

Hiking	5.39 Miles	1,550 AEG

Hiking	5.39 Miles	2 Hrs 32 Mns	2.16 mph
	1,550 ft AEG	2 Mns Break

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T.C. Hyde was born in Ireland in 1868 not that far from the Blarney Stone. He came to the US in 1888. Upon entering Castle Rock, he entered the Army and headed to CO. He fought in Cuba, China, Philippines, and in the US. In the early 1900's, he settled in MA and married. He worked on the USS Constitution and then in a munitions factory. T.C. fathered 9 children in 13 years. T.C. died when his wife was pregnant with child number 9. He died after reading a book. I'm not sure what the title was but I visited the spot where it happened. T.C. spent some time in Leavenworth, KS. He was a giant of man when standing next to his 5'3'' brother. Not sure how tall his other brother was but when you add the rope he hung from he towered over them all.

Hyde Mountain is not named after T.C. but if you visit Ireland and tell them his name the most likely answer will be all Hyde's are related.

The hike was nice and the weather was fab maybe a tad too chilly at the start. Joey was Joey and sometimes he acted like Seph. He whined about not wearing his pack correctly for about an hour. I think it had more to do with him chewing on cardboard and drinking Monster. Then he blamed it on my driving

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Sep 28 2020

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Joined Oct 17 2008
Phoenix, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Hiking		Sep 28 2020
		rcorfman • Triplogs 1,867

Hiking	7.71 Miles	2,043 AEG

Hiking	7.71 Miles	3 Hrs 44 Mns	2.38 mph
	2,043 ft AEG	30 Mns Break

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I parked at the trailhead at the end of 95C and started my hike. I was expecting about 5 miles round trip but I missed the turn and took the Grapevine Springs Trail instead of going up to the summit. I ended up walking a bit past Brown Spring before turning around. I was sure to not miss the turn again and made it up to the summit and lookout without trouble.

A lot of the trail is very rocky but I managed easily enough. I really liked the Grapevine Springs Trail as it went through pine and oak and was very pleasant. I saw a good sized set of bear tracks along the trail too.

After the turn to the summit, there is a marked lower saddle and upper saddle. Not far past the upper saddle, there is a turn off for a trail down towards Brown Spring. I didn't see it when I was down there and it looked overgrown and lightly used so I'm not sure how easily it would have been to use.

The views from the lookout are exceptional and give one a good sense of what the Camp Wood area is like. I'll have to come back and explore some more.

It looks like the lookout is boarded up and no longer in use, even though some of the equipment seems relatively new.

While looking around at the summit, I noticed I was at the tail end of one of those mass lady bug conventions. I moved a rock looking for a geocache and there was hundreds of lady bugs on it and the one it was next too. There were also thousands of beetle shells from others that had finished their lives.

	Brown Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Wet, puddled ground at spring. small pools maybe 30 to 50 yards below spring past broken troughs.

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Sep 13 2014

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Stringtown - Pinetop - Apache Creek Loop, AZ

Hiking		Sep 13 2014
		The_Eagle • Triplogs 2,760

Hiking	19.93 Miles	3,270 AEG

Hiking	19.93 Miles	10 Hrs 18 Mns		2.28 mph
	3,270 ft AEG	1 Hour 34 Mns Break	17 LBS Pack

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Stringtown Trail #9917

[ checklist ] Camp Wood Mountain Hyde Mountain Fire Lookout Pinetop Trick Tank

Apache Springs

Apache Creek Trail #9905

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We made the drive out to HAZVille and arrived to a mostly awake camp at 7:45.

After our quick hellos to the gang, a scan to see if we had any takers on our hike, Karl and I headed out with no takers.

I wanted to head up the Stringtown Wash from the east, to see if we could find any sign on the Stringtown Trail #9917. The Prescott Nat. Forest web site description and the PNF GPS track don't come close to agreeing with each other. We did find remnants of the trail starting at about .75 miles from it's Western TH continuing to that spot.

On the Hyde Mountain Trail #6 now, I turn west off the Grapevine Springs Trail #9825 to try something new. The trail name didn't make any sense to me, because the actual spring is to the east and this trail goes to the west off of #6. Checking Sat. views now, it appears there's a faint unofficial trail that goes towards the spring, and what could be a spring box/s .1m off #6, a 1/3rd of the way to the spring location.
Anyway, Karl went up to the top of Hyde to check out the views and we met back up at the lush Brown Spring.

From Brown Spring, we were on a new to me section of the 7up to Hyde Mountain #5 Trail. We went up the saddle and down to the western terminus of this trail by the dry, Camp Wood Tank. We were able to find a blood free route to the top of Pinetop Mountain to check out one of them most elaborate tanks I've seen. This covered tank, uses the roof to funnel the water into the tank. Chumley's math placed it at 22,000 gallons.
FR19 took us off the top of Pinetop Mountain, with it's big views to Juniper Mesa and the Apache Creek Wilderness area we'd be in next.

The 3 mile trek from the Springs to "The Swimmin' Hole", through the water, slots and boulders is the reason we were doing this loop. Wow is this a sweet little off trail jaunt!!
Highly Recommended..... I suppose with a little work you could avoid the water, and like us you'll try for awhile, but don't waste your time. enjoy it!

When we started the day, the skies were blue, with not a single cloud. With only a 30% chance of rain, there was no reason to bring the Chrome Dome, Rain Jacket or waterproof GoPro. Yep we got dumped on and had electric spears thrown at us for almost an hour (back at HAZVille, they did not see a drop).

There was a brief pause where we thought we were in the clear, then a Flash/Boom with zero delay. That was close. 50 yards further up was a Ponderosa that was struck and spewed a 7' section of pine, another 50' away. Based on some of the weather I've hiked in this year, I'm glad I don't have Astraphobia or Ombrophobia... but I should.

With the rain now stopped, we took a dip in "The Swimin' Hole". On the Apache Creek Trail #9905 it was clear sailing back to HAZVille now for some Burgers, Dogs and Barley Pops with the crew.

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	Apache Creek - Apache Creek Wilderness	Medium flow	Medium flow
	Plenty of filterable water the entire length we hiked.

	Apache Springs	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Spring areas were lush green and water could probably be found. No need though because there was water for the entire length of the Apache Creek

	Brown Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Enough to filter if needed, creek below was flowing with large holes. Careful of cow activity in the area

	Camp Wood Tank	Dry	Dry
	Dry as a bone even after recent rains

	Panther Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Hard to tell where the spring source was with all the water in the area

	Pinetop Trick Tank	76-100% full	76-100% full
	7' tall and 30' around filled with filterable water

	Stringtown Wash	Light flow	Light flow
	Water almost the entire length we hiked next to. Recent rains I'm sure contributed

	Upper Hyde Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Searched for source with no luck. Plenty of water in the wash area, beware of cattle activity.

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Sep 19 1993

mazatzal

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Scottsdale, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Hiking		Sep 19 1993
		mazatzal • Triplogs 1,347

Hiking	4.40 Miles	1,418 AEG

Hiking	4.40 Miles
	1,418 ft AEG

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