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| Hiking | 2.76 Miles |
63 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.76 Miles | 59 Mns | | 2.81 mph |
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| no partners | | When is a trail not a trail? When it is a road might come to mind......how about when it takes less than 2 minutes to hike? Don't get me wrong all the trails in this "system" have some endearing qualities, if nothing else, the view of Flatiron is first rate, but all the trails are ridiculously short! Today I wanted to knock off the Coyote Loop. Got there around 5am. Still dark so I headed up with a headlamp. Went up on the Brittle Bush trail. A short rocky ascent to the saddle. Then hopped on Superstition View to connect to the Huff N Puff trail. This was a short rocky ascent to the Crest trail. Took Crest over to High Point trail. High Point is a very short trail, but is a fun scramble to the "peak". Got there when it was still dark. Nice looking out and seeing the lighted cityscape. Took Crest back to where it terminated with the Old Baldy trail. Crest is one of the longer trails in the system and relatively flat with the exception of a some switchbacks. Old Baldy is a very short trail, even sorter, because I cut off do Coyote Loop. Coyote Loop is a very short trail (sensing a theme?) that connect to the Jack Rabbit trail. Coyote trail is neat...nice rock work in the area and there is a stone bench under a palo verde tree. Very aesthetic! Switchbacked down the Jack Rabbit to connect to the Superstition View Trail. Nice views of the Supes....and the homes just to the east  Connected back to the Brittle Bush trail which I took back to the car. Nice area. Worthy of 1, maybe 2 trails, but not 11. Wildlife included a field mouse and a rabbit. Temps were great, probably in the low 70's  Met 4 people near the TH, but had the trails to myself for the most part. That wasn't easy to do. When I left I counted 24 cars in the lot. For a trail system that small, I am not sure how I dodged all those hikers  |
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