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Mar 16 2014

Oregon_Hiker

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79 male

Joined Dec 07 2010
Phoenix, AZ

Exploring Upper Cherry Creek, AZ

Hiking		Mar 16 2014
		Oregon_Hiker • Triplogs 626

Hiking	5.80 Miles	762 AEG

Hiking	5.80 Miles
	762 ft AEG

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Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203/FR2812

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Grasshopper

We started this hike at Camp Grasshopper off FR203 in upper Cherry Creek Canyon. It was the fourth day of our camping trip. The plan was to hike up Cherry Creek roughly following an old mining road which goes up the bottom of the canyon and them climbs up the east side to the location of a prospect. Most of the road in the bottom of the canyon has washed away long ago but portions along side benches still exist. We wanted to check out the prospect and look for an old cabin/homestead site somewhere in Cherry Creek Canyon not far above the confluence of PB Creek with Cherry Creek.

It was a fairly easy hike with frequent creek crossings and some catclaw bushes to contend with. We found two old mining roads which go up the east side of the canyon - our destination was the second one. The road switched back up the hill to the location of the prospect. It was somewhat overgrown with catclaw bushes but the cattle had kept a trail open. About half way up the side of the canyon we reached a bench where the prospect was located. We found no mine shafts or other holes in the ground but there was evidence that a few feet of the ground surface had been bulldozed off for about a 100 yds revealing a layer of rock. Asbestos fibers, which must have been the target of the prospect, littered the ground in the excavated area. The asbestos find must not have been significant enough for mining. The mining road continues up and over the top of the ridge and descends into China Spring Canyon (based on our Garmin topo map and confirmed on Google Earth. We chose not to follow it further and returned to Cherry Creek to continue looking for the homestead site further up the creek. An interesting loop hike for a future trip would be to continue on to China Spring Canyon on this old mining road and then follow China Spring Creek back down to Cherry Creek not far from the Camp GH location.

We continued about 0.5 mile further up Cherry Creek searching for the homestead site but with no success. We had a tough hike planned for the next day and decided to turn around just short of a large bench on the west side which was just high enough to be out of the flood plain. I would determine later after our return with some research on GE and some input from RedRoxx44 that the probable location was only about a 180 yds past where we stopped. Darn. But that's better than finding out we walked right by it without seeing it which I had thought was a more likely scenario.

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[ checklist ] Asbestos

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Mar 16 2014

Grasshopper

Guides 48
Routes 510
Photos 9,555
Triplogs 578

79 male

Joined Dec 28 2006
Scottsdale, AZ

Exploring Upper Cherry Creek - Sierra Ancha, AZ

Hiking		Mar 16 2014
		Grasshopper • Triplogs 578

Hiking	5.90 Miles	879 AEG

Hiking	5.90 Miles	60 Hrs	0.10 mph
	879 ft AEG	2 Hrs 15 Mns Break

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Oregon_Hiker

On my extended overnight vehicle camping and hiking trips it is always a plus to have a campsite location that offers enjoyable hike exploration areas without needing to first drive somewhere. This Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha-FR203/FR2812 location is one of those campsites :DANCE:

Having just completed two prior rewarding but demanding (blood giving : rambo :

) off-trail bushwhack days of hike exploration in this general area, and with another demanding day planned for the day after this one, our plan this day was to enjoy a leisurely hike exploration from Camp Grasshopper to intersect perennial Cherry Creek (only a .5 mile hike) and then explore a few miles UP Cherry Creek and back.

My above linked and posted geocoded GPS Route with key Waypoints included, Picset, and Pic Captions/Tag Notes tells the rest of our enjoyable day four of six story.

Geology

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[ checklist ] Asbestos

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Mar 15 2014

BEEBEE

Guides 13
Routes 100
Photos 1,794
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51 male

Joined Jul 27 2011
Mesa AZ

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203/FR2812

Globe, AZ

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203/FR2812

Globe, AZ

Car Camping		Mar 15 2014
		BEEBEE • Triplogs 372

Car Camping

Car Camping		6 Days 4 Hrs

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Cherry Creek Road FR 203

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Grasshopper

Oregon_Hiker

I was invited to dinner at camp grasshopper after I did my SOTA Activation of McFadden Peak. It was a good meal with great company

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[ checklist ] Campsite HAZ Decal

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"I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts."

Mar 13 2014

Grasshopper

Guides 48
Routes 510
Photos 9,555
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79 male

Joined Dec 28 2006
Scottsdale, AZ

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203/FR2812

Globe, AZ

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203/FR2812

Globe, AZ

Car Camping		Mar 13 2014
		Grasshopper • Triplogs 578

Car Camping

Car Camping		6 Days

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Cherry Creek Road FR 203

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Oregon_Hiker

Planning for this "5nt/6day" (Thurs-3/13 to Tues-3/18) vehicle camping/off trail hike exploring and first time Spring'14 visit to this centrally located Cherry Creek Road (FR203) North location bordering our Sierra Ancha Wilderness (at 4188 feet elevation with week lows from 32-42F and shaded highs a pleasant 70-76F) first began back in October, 2013.

Because of the driving time (4 hours) and the number of miles (128) it takes me from South Scottsdale to reach this northern section of Cherry Creek Road for day hike explorations, it only makes sense for me to do a multi-day vehicle camping trip with local day hikes planned. Most all of which are going to be off-trail in this remote, historic, and most interesting section of our Sierra Ancha Wilderness.

My new HAZ "overview" hike description for this nice campsite location with linked picset describes and shows some of the surrounding camp area. One additional advantage of this campsite location that I neglected to mention is that it resides only a short .50 mile road hike down to perennial Cherry Creek which offers a nice area to obtain needed water for filtering or treating as well as offering an opportunity for a very pleasant and sometimes shaded foliage hike of most any length both up or down Cherry Creek.

For this six day vehicle camping trip, we had planned four (4) significant day hike explorations to

new areas we had yet to explore. I will plan to post a triplog and picset for all four and an edited for correctness GPS Route (with key way points included) for three of the four:

For Fri-3/14: Black Brush Uranium Mines - Sierra Ancha

For Sat-3/15: Grapevine Trail Indian Ruins - Sierra Ancha

For Sun-3/16: Exploring Upper Cherry Creek - Sierra Ancha

For Mon-3/17: Exploring Above Black Brush Uranium Mines

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[ checklist ] Campsite HAZ Food

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Elephant Rock Mesa - Sierra Ancha Wild Sierra Ancha Wilderness

Meteorology

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[ checklist ] Sunrise

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Nov 13 2013

Grasshopper

Guides 48
Routes 510
Photos 9,555
Triplogs 578

79 male

Joined Dec 28 2006
Scottsdale, AZ

Cherry Creek Road FR 203

Globe, AZ

Cherry Creek Road FR 203

Globe, AZ

4x4 Trip		Nov 13 2013
		Grasshopper • Triplogs 578

4x4 Trip	40.40 Miles	3,498 AEG

4x4 Trip	40.40 Miles	6 Hrs 30 Mns	6.22 mph
	3,498 ft AEG

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Grapevine Trail #135 - Sierra Ancha

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203 Upr #2

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203 Upr #1

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203 Upr #3

Camp Grasshopper - Sierra Ancha - FR203/FR2812

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AZLumberjack

Oregon_Hiker

Simply put-
I second what our HAZ mnlumberJACK stated in his 11/13 triplog.

For me, a most enjoyable five Kokopelli rated 40.4 mile road tour with stellar near and distant views within our historic, rugged, and scenic inner Sierra Ancha Wilderness.. very

Flora

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[ checklist ] Arizona Sycamore

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[ checklist ] Memorial Old Glory

Named place

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[ checklist ] Fort Apache Indian Reservation PB Ranch/Cabin - Sierra Ancha Sierra Ancha Wilderness

Meteorology

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[ checklist ] Autumn - Color Foliage Moon

Autumn Foliage Observation Moderate

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