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Aug 09 2025

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Highline Trail #47 - Apache Sitgreaves

Alpine, AZ

Highline Trail #47 - Apache Sitgreaves

Alpine, AZ

Run/Jog		Aug 09 2025
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Run/Jog	10.54 Miles	2,720 AEG

Run/Jog	10.54 Miles	4 Hrs 23 Mns 8 Secs	2.71 mph
	2,720 ft AEG	30 Mns Break

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Salthouse Canyon Trail #18

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Had been wanting to check out more of the west side of the Strayhorse divide, so I decided to try and get to Chitty Creek via Highline. Started at around 9am and it was already a little warm, but not unbearable. No real routefinding issues early; there are a few overgrown patches, and my maps were wrong in a lot of areas, but the alignment was mostly straightforward.

Highline started getting a bit fainter approaching the Salthouse junction, but after the junction it was pretty clear. Got to where Highline is supposed to leave Salthouse, and couldn't find a sign or an obvious trail. Poked around a bit and I found a really faint trail where the map says it should be, but it disappeared and I figured my map was wrong and there must have been a reroute. At this point I decided to head further down Salthouse, figuring I'd either quickly stumble on a trail junction, or get to see a little more of Salthouse. The latter turned out to be the case. I went maybe a mile further down Salthouse, and then decided to turn around.

On the hike back up, I accidentally stumbled on the upper Salthouse junction; that one does appear to have moved from where it is on my map. By the time I got back up to the spring, I was struggling, and started having to take sitting breaks every few minutes on the climb. Even on the descent into Crabtree, I was still feeling pretty rough, not sure what was going on. Grabbed some dousing water from a pool in Crabtree, and kept my head and neck wet the rest of the way. Regained some normalcy by Crabtree Park, so I suspect I'm just not handling heat well at my advanced age.

Started getting some sprinkles the last half mile, and just as I got back to my car, it started pouring. So at least I timed it well.

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Jun 17 2016

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Highline Trail #47 - Apache Sitgreaves

Alpine, AZ

Highline Trail #47 - Apache Sitgreaves

Alpine, AZ

Backpack		Jun 17 2016
		FOTG • Triplogs 1,052

Backpack	17.11 Miles	3,785 AEG

Backpack	17.11 Miles	2 Days
	3,785 ft AEG

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Salthouse Canyon Trail #18

Chitty Trail #37

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After exploring Hagan Canyon trail, I headed north up 191 to the Strayhorse campground and the trailhead for my overnight backpack. My destination was the Chitty Falls area. I had been there before and while the falls are not spectacular, there is a very nice campsite near them and I had remembered thinking how nice of a spot it would be for an over-nighter last year. I was also interested in hiking the rest of Chitty Creek and Salthouse Trail #18, which I still need to get into HAZ. At Strayhorse I double checked my gear, cooked up a brat and had some cream of wheat for an early lunch and then hit the trail.

As expected it was very warm and Blanco and I did not get much relief until about half way down the Salthouse Trail. The Highline Trail is rather exposed, especially with a couple of major burn areas in the first two miles, so we were happy to get off it and on to some new trail. Salthouse went pretty quick and it was not horrible, but not overly impressive either. In fact, it was even a slight drag because it was cluttered up with cattle. I guess I must have missed grazing season the last time I was there, because both Salt and Chitty were being pretty heavily grazed. Luckily there were not many cattle around the falls and my campsite, however, they still greatly diminished the two trails for me. I still managed to enjoy my superb site located just south of the falls and high on the creek bank.

We only covered about 17 miles on Friday, but the heat had Mr. Blanco and I beat and we were both in bed before the sun completely fell. We got an early start on day two in order to beat the worst of the morning heat and leave time for an afternoon day hike somewhere in the higher elevations of the Blue Range. We reached the trailhead at about 0930 on Saturday.

	Chitty Canyon	Medium flow	Medium flow
	Creek is flowing nicely the entire length of the canyon

	Chitty Creek Spring	Gallon per minute	Gallon per minute
	Creek is flowing nicely the entire length of trail

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May 24 2015

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Highline Trail #47 - Apache Sitgreaves

Alpine, AZ

Highline Trail #47 - Apache Sitgreaves

Alpine, AZ

Hiking		May 24 2015
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Hiking	16.96 Miles	4,288 AEG

Hiking	16.96 Miles
	4,288 ft AEG

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Chitty Trail #37

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The goal of this hike was to reach Chitty Canyon; a canyon that has supposedly remained pristine with zero logging and no fires within recent memory. Chitty trail and canyon can only be reached from various trails, as there is no access from the road or designated trail head.

High Line Trail #47 was a great choice for accessing Chitty Canyon. The trail was well maintained and had several great stretches along various creeks and through forest of gigantic ponderosa. The trail is not only a nice trail, but its ending is where the real beauty starts; Chitty Canyon.

High Line is very up and down and it wears on you a little, but the trail is generally in great shape. We reached Chitty canyon and immediately saw the falls described in description, however, cascades would probably be a more appropriate term, very picturesque though and certainly worth the miles. I intended to make a loop out of Chitty Canyon Trail and the Salt House Trail. However, just as I was starting to bask in the beauty of Chitty canyon, I noticed something. My sunglasses were no longer on my head! Although it pained me, I decided to abort my loop and turn my hike into an out and back, with the off chance that I might run across my sunglasses in the trail.

My decision paid off. Probably not even a full mile back on the steep descent were my sunglasses in the middle of the trail On the way down, I took a nasty fall and fell completely flat on my pack. I remember thinking how lucky I was the pack cushioned my fall, but my neck snapped pretty hard. In fact, my head snapped so hard that my sunglasses fell off. How lucky can you get?

The rest of the trail was pretty uneventful. I explored some other trails that intersected #47 and made a short loop on the way back with Crab Apple Tree Trail. We did see another bear though. This one took us all by surprise, I had just stopped to grab something out of my bag when a huge crash in the drainage next to us revealed a bear making a bee line for the top of the small canyon. Blanco did much better this time. He made a pretty dedicated first move towards the bear, but stopped after a firm yell. The bear was also 400 feet ahead of him by this point, that may have contributed to him stopping as well.

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