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| | Hiking | 9.30 Miles | 7 Hrs | | 1.33 mph |
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| no partners | | Brian and I talked about doing this hike for quite some time. Today we finally decided to do it. We started off at the Sabino canyon parking area and walked East toward the junction of the Phone Line trail. Right before the trail junction, there was a bridge with flowing water going across. We decided to take off our boots & socks to cross which was a smart idea. The water was 1.5 feet deep and some places and we could feel the strength of the current. We continued up the Phone Line trail. On that trail we saw several joggers coming down. We hiked a total of 3.15 miles and then we decided to bushwhack up the to the top of the ridge above us. This ridge was beyond the end point of Blackett's ridge. We had our lunch at this point and enjoyed the great views of the city and surrounding area. After that we continued with a steady climb up the ridge to the high point, which was about another 1,000 feet of elevation gain from the saddle. At the peak, we found a registry next to a large rock pile. We had nice views of the Thimble and looking way down into Bear canyon we could see some hikers. On the way back, we decided to try something different and hike down the long ridge going down to Bear canyon. We were able to follow various game trails and there was really nothing too steep. We followed the ridge all the way down to very close to the bottom. Noticing that the Bear canyon trail was on the East side of the well-flowing stream, we stayed on the West side of the stream, at first trying to bushwhack across some canyons to get to the Bear canyon trail after crossing. The canyons got more and more brushy and so we decided to wing it and cross the cold stream just to make it to the Bear canyon trail. The stream was probably 15 feet wide and 1.5 feet deep where we crossed. This time we didn't take off our boots & socks because it was getting late and we didn't know how many crossings we had to do. After crossing, we picked up the trail and within about 5 minutes we ran into another stream crossing! This time it was 20-25 feet wide and 1.5 feet at the deepest part. After crossing again we were soaked but finally on dry ground and from this point we could just take the Bear canyon trail (also known as the East Fork trail, I believe) to the road. Looking back, I realized we may have been better off bushwhacking along the steep hillside West of the Bear canyon stream because it probably would have only taken us 10 more minutes to get to the Bear canyon trail on the West side of the stream and we could have avoided having to cross the stream TWICE in a span of 10 minutes. On a dryer day, crossing the stream may not have been a problem at all. Anyway, we took the road back and had to do one more stream crossing which was going back over the same stream we crossed earlier this day. This time we decided it made sense to take our boots off so we could stay relatively dry. We made it back to the parking area and decided to get some great Mexican food at Filiberto's, a long time family owned Mexican restaurant!!
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Michael Williams
IT Professional
Rocky Point Vacation Rentals
Ocean Front Condo in Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico
www.beachfrontmexico.us
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