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| Hiking | 4.97 Miles |
787 AEG |
| | Hiking | 4.97 Miles | 2 Hrs 39 Mns | | 1.90 mph |
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| no partners | | Bye week for the Steelers, so I took Dmitri with me out for a quick morning hike. I wanted something close by and not too hard, so this looked like a good option. There were a few trails that I hadn't done before, so there was something new to explore. It had been already over 7 years since our last visit here, time flies.
We started on the Brittlebrush Trail and took that to the Superstition View Trail, then headed up to Old Baldy and looped around the smallerpeak on the Coyote Loop and Jackrabbit Trails. While we were on Old Baldy, I noticed trails to the east of the park on the flat area there. We headed down to that area, which joins the Silly Mountain trails at the junction of the Old Baldy and Crest Trails.
We followed those unmapped trails to where they ended on the sidewalks and then bushwhacked over the one hill to where I saw another trail on our way over. That trail headed south to a service road under the powerlines south of the park, so it seemed like the thing to do to just follow that back to the trailhead. The road were were on faded into a singletrack which meandered away from the powerlines and then went back to them, joining another service road, which took us back to the parking area.
Saw a few other hikers, but it wasn't crazy busy. Nice weather and nice to explore and discover some new trails. |
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). I didn’t check it out, but I’m guessing it is a little over .1 miles long. The name of this new trail is the Ghost Trail. Ignoring this tempting new trail I went from the Brittlebrush to the Superstition View trail and took this about 1 mile in to the start of the Jackrabbit trail. This trail does quite a bit of switchbacking as it makes its way to the saddle and it’s reconnecting to the Superstition View trail. I took a user trail that connected the Supes View to the Jackrabbit and then continued my loop via the Coyote, Old Baldy (briefly), Crest trail and then down on the Old Mine Trail. As frustrating as these short trails are, I do like the trails and the rock work that makes up Silly Mountain. Surprised that I didn’t encounter anyone on the trails, though I did see people in the distance. No wildlife. Weather perfect!
and I didn’t check the mail. Only wildlife was the suicide bee that flew directly into my forehead and stung me, I’m ok in fact I think it took out a couple of wrinkles 
. Enjoyed walking past the canyons on my right and looking over the East Valley to my left, extra nice having the sun at my back the entire time. When I approached Siphon Draw I called my wife for a ride back, based on her ETA went to the Prospectors View junction and took it and then Treasure Loop, timed it perfectly for her arrival. Now I can put to rest this idea about a walk to the park.
Busy trail for a Thursday morning!
Old Mine 
