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| Hiking | 10.17 Miles |
2,260 AEG |
| | Hiking | 10.17 Miles | 7 Hrs 16 Mns | | 1.70 mph |
| 2,260 ft AEG | 1 Hour 18 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Been a while since I hiked on the boulder canyon trail from the marina. Interesting that now the marina parking lot designates only 10 parking spots for the Trailhead. :/. I took the 10th spot when we arrived, and it was pretty early.
We started off in the morning with some glorious clouds which didn't last too long. It was a nice hike up and around. We didn't see too many people at that point. As we headed down to the wash, we started seeing people come up. The skies cleared, and the rest of day would be clear, almost hot, and sunny. We had a snack when we reached the wash, and enjoyed the running water before continuing on.  . So much running water!
From there, we hiked on the trail next to the wash. Saw some back packers camping. Took a gander at the rusty bed frame. At the junction with second water trail, we headed towards Garden Mesa. After going on for a while (but not up onto garden Mesa), we turned off on the Stoker trail. This is not a trail I have been on before, so I was excited to see a new place in the supes! It's a short 0.3 mile trail to the old mining camp site from second water. At the site is a rusted out bed frame and a camp fire ring in a clearing on level ground. That is about it. The trail itself was very faint, but distinguishable within about 30 feet of the second water trail, up from the Gulley crossing. There were some cairns along the way, and there were a lot of cairns getting closer to the old mining site. It doesn't look to get much use. There was an old tent in a bag sitting on the rusted bed frame which looks to be disintegrating from exposure to the elements.
After a quick snack at the mining site, we retraced our steps going back the same way.
As always, it was a glorious day to be out enjoying the spectacular scenery in the supes! 
As the day went on, we saw quite a number of people coming and going on the trail. Probably 30 or so. A bit like the mall! Maybe time to drive further in with hopes of seeing less people!
My route from route scout has issues despite being in airplane mode the whole time. I set my settings correctly, but maybe my phone decided to revert the settings back on its own. Phones are sneaky that way sometimes . :/ |
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The wild flowers were just starting to bloom! |
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. So much running water! 
