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| | Hiking | 3.43 Miles | 2 Hrs 9 Mns | | 1.77 mph |
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| no partners | | I arrived in Bisbee on Tuesday just in time to check in to my Airbnb, an absolutely fantastic place to stay - lmk if you want a suggestion. After checking out the place and settling in a bit, I decided to start by hiking part of the Ridge Trail to see the town from above. All I had to do was continue up the stairway I was already on, then follow the canyon up to meet the trail - but partway up, I was lured off track by a path heading east ... eventually I ended up just about crawling up the steep hillside to intersect the trail. Continuing straight up the canyon, staying just left of the check dams would have been the right move ... next time I'll know.
Once I finally emerged on the Ridge Trail, I took a right and followed it east for a bit to a really nice viewpoint looking down on Castle Rock and all the way out to the mines, then turned around and headed back west towards the Adams Ave trailhead at Laundry Hill. Next time I'll continue east, where the trail leads to Brewery Gulch and beyond - apparently back in the day this trail was the preferred way to connect the two ends of town ... I wouldn't want to walk this trail in the dark after hitting the saloons, though - it's a good trail - but quite narrow, with no room for drunken stumbles.
There are three really good stairways at the top of Laundry Hill, two of which lead to/from Art Ave ... one of them (#70 in the book - 164 steps) would be impossible to find from either end if you didn't know - the bottom takes off from between two garages adjacent to the Circle K, and looks like it only goes to one house - but it keeps going and going, changing directions at least six times before emerging unceremoniously from between two houses at the end of Laundry Hill. The third one is #72 in the book, and is #6 on the BZB1000 route ... I hit that at twilight, and it was pretty magical.
After that I headed to Thuy's for chicken curry, and climbed one more stairway while I waited for my food - which was phenomenal.
On Wednesday morning I did a bunch of stairs and streets on the south side of Tombstone Canyon Rd, in the area of the Courthouse and Quality Hill to Castle Rock, including #7, #8 and #9 of the race route. I ran across the Bisbee swimming pool and park - with a very nice outdoor fitness court, pickleball, basketball and playground. I talked to several locals who were out walking dogs, climbing stairs, riding bikes and doing yard work ... I dig the locals and I feel so at home here - I found myself photographing all the houses that are for sale for some reason, lol.
I took a very steep and fun stairway down that brought me to Main St between the Bisbee Royale and the Castle Rock Inn - so I went into the Inn to see the Apache Springs Well. The mineshaft/well played a major part in the discovery of copper and the founding of Bisbee - it's pretty cool that you can still see it from the building that was built over it in 1895.
Eventually I had to check out of the cottage - after a nice chat with one of the owners, who have lived in Bisbee for over 40 years - and I made one more stop at Garfield Park to hike and bird some stairs and streets in that area. The highlight of this neighborhood was probably Spring Canyon Rd, which has a pedestrian tunnel under the highway, and some cool things to see in the blocks tucked away on the other side. The very end of the road seems to lead to some hiking trails up Spring Canyon that I'll check out in the future.
Between the routes I recorded on Route Scout and the ones I recorded on Ebird, I walked over seven miles and climbed/descended at least 1500 steps. I'm already looking forward to the next visit!  |
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