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| Hiking | 11.27 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 11.27 Miles | 5 Hrs 29 Mns | | 2.06 mph |
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| partners | | Had a great hike and BBQ after with Jim and Preston.
From Carter Canyon road we took N Miner's Ridge Road up past a tank that is 1/3 of the way to the ridge. Once past the first tank, there aren't any more houses but the road continues up. Once on the top of the ridge, there was another tank. This ridge was very steep at times and there wasn't a lot of shade. I got to the ski lift area after about 1 hr and 10 mins. Jim and Preston started later and arrived after a while. From there we hiked the road over to the Mt Lemmon trail and continued, switching onto portions of the Sutherland Trail, Samaniego Ridge Trail, and Canada del Oro Trail. Our goal was to make it all the way to Shovel Spring. Preston hiked down there and said it was basically dry. Jim and I stayed about above and had lunch. It was after 2 pm by this time so we were pretty hungry. After finding out that Shovel spring was dry, we felt it wasn't worth hiking the extra 500 feet. We knew we had a long uphill climb ahead of us, and it was feeling a bit hot in some areas.
The only good water source was at Quartzite Spring. I ended up carrying 1.25 gallons of water which was more than I really needed. But, the extra weight made it a tougher workout.
There were nice pines above Shovel Spring. I found a few flowers that were hard to identify, even after searching fireflyforest.com.
My strava moving time said 5 hrs 29 mins. After loading my track into HAZ and reducing the number of points, distance came out to 11.27 miles which is believeable. The elevation change on this hike felt like more than it was.
After hiking we stopped over at Alder picnic area used some oak wood and cooked some burgers, hotdogs and steak in a grill. We noticed that a bear got into the trash because some reckless person tried to stuff a big trash bag in a small container and left the lid open. Preston fixed the trash situation before Jim and I were able to help. We ate just after sunset and the food was better than ever. The temp drops so quickly up there, even in June!! How does anyone live up there year round? |
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Wildflowers Observation Isolated
Red Penstemon, Pineywoods Geranium, New Mexico Locust flower, Goldeneye, Columbine, Indian Paintbrush, Mohave Buckwheat/Cowparsnip(?), Arizona Foldwing(?), Blue Fiestaflower(?), White Milkweed(?) |
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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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Once at the TH we headed for The Sawmill in Summer Haven for eats.
Once down the Red Ridge Trail we reached the Canada Del Oro creek which had some decent water. Very hot and humid in the CDO but as we climbed out of the canyon it cooled off. Up on the ridge there was a cool breeze where we took a break and filtered water at Shovel Spring. Then continued over Mt Lemmon and passed by the ski run back down Aspen Draw Trail to the vehicle.
