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Aztec Peak/ Young / FR203, AZ
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| 4x4 Trip | 50.01 Miles |
5,000 AEG |
| | 4x4 Trip | 50.01 Miles | 8 Hrs 6 Mns | | 8.20 mph |
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| no partners | | A friend invited me on a trip to Young, Arizona. He wanted to drive to Aztec Peak to watch the sunrise. I had never been in this area, so I quickly researched some things to do. He is more of a off-road guy, than a hiking guy, so I came up FR203 for our trip home.
We left my house around 1:30am. We stopped in Apache Junction to top off our fuel and grab some food. The topping off of the fuel, will be part of a friendly competition later. We arrived at Apache Peak around 5:30am. The tower was locked, so we found another location to watch the sunrise. We hung out for 30 minutes or so then headed back down. We stopped at the Moody Point Trailhead. We hiked a short distance down the trail, then headed back. We then headed to Young. We topped off our fuel one more time. My buddy was a little disappointed. He used .32 gallons more fuel. I win!! We then drove to the Pleasant Valley Vista Loop trail. It was a short trail with nice views of Young. We took our time and rested at each bench. It was a long 1/2 mile. We spend about an hour in the area, then headed toward FR203. The road is still tore up from all the rain and has some washed out areas. I was more worried about the boulders, which where all off the road. We spend about 4 hours driving down FR203.
**Edit**. I tried showing some of the FR203 road conditions. There where 2 washed out areas, worse than what is shown. |
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Route Editor
Route Scout
First up was Haigler Creek from Fisherman's Point - great area. Looks like the creekside campground a bit further downstream is pretty nice too.
