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| Hiking | 8.52 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 8.52 Miles | 3 Hrs 17 Mns | | 2.59 mph |
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| no partners | | I put together an almost 10-mile loop. I thought I’d downloaded my intended the route to my GPS, but NOOO … Fudge. Fiddlestix. I wasn’t going to drive 35 miles home, so I decided to wing it.
The trails wre great for hiking, but beyond my minimal biking capabilities: The minor wash crossings, though not high, were steep & slippery.
There are trails spider-webbed all over the Hawes area. Most of the intersections are signed in some manner, though not always clearly. If you lose your way, just head in the general direction of Red Mountain: Eventually, you will hit the highway.
The high-end Las Sendas community is tight against a 300 ft. hill. I “remembered” the trail continuing straight, but instead it turned north, to curl around the hill, which confused me. I wasn’t lost, I just thought I’d somehow wandered off the route I failed to load onto my GPS. All along Las Sendas, there are concrete posts marking buried fiber optic cable.
I split left onto Trail #51, then soon after split right onto Magic Mountain Trail. Though only ⅓ mile long, MMT’s boulders were the highlight of my day.
The “far” end of Magic Mountain Trail is anchored on Trail #52. Rather than continue as intended, and make more wrong turns, I decided to start working my way back towards Bush Highway. Several times, I considered taking a shortcut down a wash, towards Red Mountain, but stuck to the endlessly MTB-optimized twisting trails instead.
At Saguaro Trail #50, I turned left, southwest, downhill. Besides Red Mountain, another good landmark is the levee on the west side of the highway, at the base of the butte: That’s where the trailhead is. Unfortunately, Trail #50 kept dragging me southwest, rather than turning towards the levee.
At an unnamed bike repair station, I was unsure which way to go. I headed right, towards Red Mountain. I didn’t want to hike to the river, so after a bit I turned southwest towards the levee. Thankfully, the switchbacks were over, and I was done with my loop 15 minutes and less than a mile later.
Rumble Video: https://rumble.com/v4gyuof-hawes-trail-system-hike.html
Vimeo Video: https://vimeo.com/918860626 |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
fiddleneck, blue dck, Mexican gold poppy, lesser yellowthroat gilia, scarlet bugler, redstem storksbill, white woolly daisy, lupine, distant phacelia, red and yellow pea. |
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. I know it's designed more for the bikers and that's why it's like that. I would rather that they extend the Bush Lite Trail further west down by the highway so you can complete a loop between the two sides of this trail system without having to deal with this trail. 
. We came upon an area with two roads and a blowout to the north that was a mystery that we eventually figured out was part of the canal system; exactly what part we're not positive about... The hike got particularly interesting, on the south side, after we got past the first row of very nice homes and headed east and then north and then east back down by another set of houses before making the final turn north. The rockery and steeper mountains to our east were impressive. Linda labeled our hike description appropriately as the trail really starts some serious meandering from area to area.
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