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| Hiking | 3.76 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.76 Miles | 3 Hrs 18 Mns | | 1.30 mph |
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| partners | | After our fun loop and bonus afternoon raven yesterday, we continued our Tour de Tinajas this morning with a trip to the unnamed high point of the range, less than a mile from the international border. I posted a route for this one because the JJ way is significantly more difficult (we descended by that route) and the HAZ hike description is not easy to decipher even if you are reading a printout as you proceed. Our time was also within 6 minutes of JJs, at close to half that listed in the description, so while your speed may vary, if this is the kind of thing you enjoy doing, it is likely not going to take you 6 hours.
We enjoyed pleasant shade for the first half of the ascent, sheltered in the steepness of the canyon walls. We were treated to some scattered cloudiness that would have been nice yesterday, but none of the breeze, so it was a bit warmer overall. There were even a few lingering pools of water in the bedrock!
There was a very different feel to this one compared to yesterday, even though it's less than 10 miles away. There were a few cairns and enough of a route to be found that it was easy to avoid any of the flora obstacles. There are a bunch of yucca here, and many are "headless". Those that had succumbed to time and the elements revealed a surprisingly dense and solid stump. Almost like a real tree!
Once reaching the saddle we plotted our route up the main chute. It's pretty intuitive when you look at it. About 30 feet before reaching the top of the chute, the route cuts left and follows an easily discernible shelf that climbs to just below the high point.
Here we enjoyed a break where we could see the laughably NOT impenetrable "new" border wall, built next to the previous border wall. Until it wasn't. #murca
Unlike yesterday, the glimmer of the sun reflected off the Sea of Cortez just 40 miles distant and we chatted about surfing and drinking ice cold Coronas on the beach.
Then we decided to head back down, opting for the JJ route. This was significantly more bouldery and featured one more very large dryfall that required a bypass down an adjacent chute. It's totally doable, but also totally unnecessary. Stick to the official route.
It seemed to take a little longer on the way down, but alas, it's only a couple of miles, so it goes by rather quickly.
Access note: Of course you'll need your BMGR pass and current check-in, but I'd also recommend downloading the geo-synced road map for use in Avenza. There are many old two tracks on the range that are not open to motor vehicle travel, including the first quarter mile of the hike, which apparently some people drive anyway. And the roads on topo maps are not always the roads that are open to travel. So be prepared with the proper BMGR maps if you head this way. |
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