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| | Hiking | 4.40 Miles | 4 Hrs 14 Mns | | 1.97 mph |
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| no partners | | I arrived to the trailhead with Brian in the morning around 9.40 am. We got some nice photos of the lake in the background. To get to the AZ trail / Vineyard trail, you need to cross the road and walk behind the guard rail. Then, you will see a sign up ahead.
The trail starts climbing up and for the first 1/4 mile you will have some nice views of the Roosevelt lake bridge and the lake. The views of the lake will continue for roughly the first 3/4 mile of the trail.
The trail was maintained very well the entire way, however it was quite rocky in many places. For the first 1/2 mile, there were a few switchbacks. After this, the trail continues up and goes around a place called Inspiration point. Once you get around Inspiration point, you will climb a steep trail and arrive at a small saddle. From the saddle, Inspiration point will block part of the view of the lake. We decided there was no reason to climb inspiration point, even though it would only take about 5 minutes. We had some incredible views of the lake along the way.
After the saddle we continued follow the trail up. There was a huge structure that looked like some kind of antenna, but we were not sure what it was. The top was a square grid of white panels, maybe 20 feet by 20 feet and the panels were maybe 30 feet off the ground.
We continued up the trail and when we got close to Vineyard peak, we went off trail and did roughly a 0.25 mile open Country hike to the high point. At the high point we found a plastic jar registry that was cracked and rained on. I had a glass jar so I upgraded the registry, drying out the pages and taking photos of the registry pages that were readable. We used more rocks to cover the jar so that even indirect sunlight would not get in. It's important to protect the jar from any sun rays to minimize the fraying of the paper and damage to the registry.
We walked a few hundred feet from the high point down toward the salt river to get some nice photos. We only had a drink at the summit since it was too early for lunch, then headed back down the trail the same way. On the way down we stopped at the huge antenna and took a break here in the shadow. This was a good place to eat lunch and it was already after 12.
After lunch we headed back down to the trail to the trailhead.
Directions
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Note: Trailhead accessible by a standard sedan. All paved to trailhead!
You may be able to set Google Maps to
Vineyard Trailhead
29221 AZ-188, Roosevelt, AZ 85545
If you can't find that, just follow this...
From the center of Roosevelt, head West on AZ-188 for 2 miles.
Just after crossing the Roosevelt lake bridge, look for signs for the Vineyard trail or Arizona trail
Park in the lot on the right side of the road.
There's room for probably 20 vehicles.
Stats
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4.35 miles RT
1272 feet AEG
Strava moving time 2 hrs 11 mins
Strava elapsed time 4 hrs 14 mins |
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Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
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. Moving on the off-trail to Camelback was brutal. The route off was good for about .25 miles and then was brutal. It was.... in the drainage out of the drainage snow traverses hellish manzanita and mean Holly. Finally, Buckhorn creek made for a nice way down. Next I went to the ruins and then did a little double time on the ridge. And pretty much stayed on trail until I was startled by a bright light down canyon. Next thing I know a aircraft is hovering with yellow/goldish lights. I got freaked out and realized I was off-trail but quickly fixed it. Very freaky night. Maybe it was some spaceship like drone that is being tested. 
or maybe it was aliens.
