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Wolcott Peak - 3327 - 2 members in 4 triplogs have rated this an average 3.5 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Feb 11 2024
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Ragged TopTucson, AZ
Ragged Top
Tucson, AZ
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Jim • Triplogs 2,324
Hiking5.00 Miles 2,000 AEG
Hiking5.00 Miles
2,000 ft AEG10 LBS Pack
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Wolcott Peak - 3327
Ragged Top - Northwest Gulley
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Parked near the graded road and hiked to the saddle between Ragged Top and Wolcott. There is a pretty good trail from the "trailhead" to the saddle, and slightly beyond. It appears to be new, and may be under construction.

We went up Wolcott for a our first of two summits, ate lunch there and then started towards Ragged Top. New trail is being built towards the south gully of Ragged Top, but it wasn't always appearant.

The hike up the south gully is filled with chuparosa and will have a lot of flowers when it warms up.

Summits of both peaks was great, and a lot of snow covered ranged were visible.

Heading down the northwest gully was cold, but stable. Seemed easier than I recall, but then I have done a lot of desert peaks in the last decade. We crossed a lush green wet desert and made it back to my car.

Nice day, decent AEG but few miles. Wolcott adds 500 feet from the saddle, and we did about another 2 miles, or so.
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 Joined Dec 30 2005
 Tucson, AZ
Wolcott Peak - 3327Tucson, AZ
Wolcott Peak - 3327
Tucson, AZ
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Mike_W • Triplogs 528
Hiking4.10 Miles 1,030 AEG
Hiking4.10 Miles   2 Hrs   20 Mns   1.76 mph
1,030 ft AEG
 
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I drove with Chris to the Ironwood National Monument and then drove about 1/4 mile South down the road. We decided to park and walk the road since it was a good road. We walked 0.94 miles of road and then saw a trail entrance from the road. The trail ended up being better than expected and took us all of the way to the saddle between Ragged Top and Wolcott peak. The trail crossed the wash 2 times on the way up to the saddle. At the saddle the trail continued toward Ragged Top but we found another branch on the Southwest side of the saddle, heading up Wolcott peak. The trail was faint in some places and we needed to guess the route at times, but kept zig zagging and climbing higher. There were a few steep areas which required hand grips. At the peak there was a registry under a few rocks. Some of the pages were damp from rain but we were able to sign the registry, seal it good, and put some rocks on top to keep it dry. Next, we carefully climbed back down to the saddle and took the trail back to the road and the road back to the vehicle. This was a great hike overall that I may decide to do again someday.

AEG = 1,029 feet
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 Tucson, AZ
Wolcott Peak - 3327Tucson, AZ
Wolcott Peak - 3327
Tucson, AZ
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iborrego • Triplogs 348
Hiking5.00 Miles 1,000 AEG
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1,000 ft AEG
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 Scottsdale, AZ
Ragged TopTucson, AZ
Ragged Top
Tucson, AZ
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BobP • Triplogs 3,212
Hiking11.84 Miles 5,825 AEG
Hiking11.84 Miles
5,825 ft AEG
 
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Prospectors Peak 3810
Silver Bell 4195
Wolcott Peak - 3327
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The young Dr. from Tucson sent me a text and it was on. Lets go Thurs or Friday (last week) how about Tues - Friday this week...no go. It ended up I couldn't go either. We texted back and forth about songs about Ragdolls and then got into deep discussions about White and Grey Matter and then I invoked the Hiphopathalmus and the Unicorn Ganglia. The Amygadalia got involved and the next thing I know we were talking about Kathy Bates and how she kicked Nick in the :pk: . So that's what got me thinking about doing Ragged Top.

I pulled a Desert-Bonnie and didn't take a pre-determined route. The trip up was a 5 in the spicy sauce category. I haven't climbed anything that hard in a long time. But it was wicked cool piecing the puzzle together. A couple scary up climbs and some turn backs and a scary traverse and knowing there is no way I'm going back that way so I have to break thru the layer.
Wicked cool climb but I would recommend the regular safe route.

Views were impressive...

I then headed over to peak 3880 which to my surprise had a summit register.

Next it was Silver Bell Peak 4,195 and its awesome views and two benchmarks...maybe a third but I didn't look for it because I was too busy taking it all in.

I took a different route down and saw some more cool stuff and views.

Next it was off to Wolcott Peak which is across from Ragged. The wind started whippin and the clouds rolled in and it rained but after I was done. It also had rained recently as there was a little standing water in places.

Exceptional day with great company.
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