Yaeger Canyon Trail #28 • Hike • Arizona • All Triplogs • HikeArizona.COM

Old Dump Trail #530

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May 08 2022

WaitingForRain

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Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Hiking		May 08 2022
		WaitingForRain • Triplogs 1,041

Hiking	6.50 Miles	1,445 AEG

Hiking	6.50 Miles	2 Hrs 39 Mns	2.45 mph
	1,445 ft AEG

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May 07 2022

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Far NE Phoenix,

Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt - Ash - Kendall Loop, AZ

Hiking		May 07 2022
		The_Eagle • Triplogs 2,760

Hiking	16.01 Miles	3,131 AEG

Hiking	16.01 Miles	7 Hrs 28 Mns		2.42 mph
	3,131 ft AEG	51 Mns Break	14 LBS Pack

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We needed something to escape the valley heat. Being at 6000-7000', it fit the bill for temps in the sweet spot.

Yeager Canyon #28 is a stead 1300' climb over 2.5 miles. The tread here, like most trails in Prescott, is impeccable. Nice views to PV also.

We did an off trail over to check out the barely moist, brown @Chums Spring. It's useless to most.

We continued off trail over to and down one of my favorites on this loop, Gaddes Canyon #110. Great tread and great views through the tall pines.

Burnt Canyon is off trail, but a pleasant off trail, with a light flow and pools. At the easternmost portion of this loop we jumped out of Burnt Canyon and steeply climbed up a use trail and down to the Ash Canyon Trail.

Ash Canyon Trail #539, is another pleasant walk until we went off trail up (sometimes steeply) to Kendall Peak. Great 360 views up top while we had lunch.

After a bit of a road walk, we finished off with the perfect grade of the Little Yeager Trail #533

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	Ash Canyon Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Hard to tell, but the creek was flowing here.

	Chums Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	A muddy hole

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May 07 2022

joebartels

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Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt - Ash - Kendall Loop, AZ

Hiking		May 07 2022
		joebartels • Triplogs 5,894

Hiking	15.37 Miles	3,034 AEG

Hiking	15.37 Miles	7 Hrs 28 Mns	2.33 mph
	3,034 ft AEG	52 Mns Break

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Bruce and I have hiked a version of this three times previously. Kendall Peak, along the route, is among our favorite lunch break spots. We arrived at the apron parking along 89A at about 7:15 am. Karl squared away his pack setup, then we were on our way.

Yaeger Canyon Trail #28
A brilliant breeze made the ~1450 ft ascent in the upper 50° morning feel effortless. Continued on FR 413 a little over 0.3-mi. Off-trail 0.5-mi with roaming over to #110, documenting Halvorsen's moist slop o'mud along the way for science.

Gaddes Canyon #110
Easily found the trail and descended the gem grade tread through pine rich views to its terminus at FR413. Crossed the road and continued a stone's throw off-trail into Burnt Canyon.

Burnt Canyon
2.75 miles through the canyon is the slowest part of the day. Obstacles, skirting pools, and hopscotching granite with enough dead trees, pokey vegetation, and such to keep your concentration. Nothing to fear. Ideal temps with trophy breezes kept the high-pitched crying to record lows. When the going gets easy, it's almost time to jump ridge to Ash Creek.

Ash Creek
After an easy 0.3-mi crossover of a tiny ridge, we followed a tributary 0.25-mi to Ash Canyon proper.

Ash Canyon Trail #539
Enjoyed this good trail 1.4-mi up. It crosses the creek several times. As usual, spotted occasional small pools of water.

Kendall Peak
The ascent never plays out the same because you encounter walls of manzanita. Believe we've only chosen unwisely once. Got lucky today. No matter how you hit it, the 400ft eastern ascent packs a punch in the final strides. According to Karl, lunch was on Marshall Peak. Whatever you call it, it's fab!

0.4-mi down the NW side to FR132 and follow 1.3-mi to Yeegurr(not Jäeger).

Little Yaeger Trail #533
This trail hikes itself, taking you on a joyride back to square one.

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Claret Cup Cactus. Rocky Mountain Iris, lots of shoots, only recall one bloom

	Ash Canyon Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Clear pools in the vicinity.

	Chums Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Disturbing, not recommended.

	East Ash Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Clear pools in the vicinity.

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Mar 30 2022

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Phoenix, AZ

Gaddes - Burnt Loop, AZ

Hiking		Mar 30 2022
		LJW • Triplogs 266

Hiking	23.60 Miles	4,350 AEG

Hiking	23.60 Miles	9 Hrs 44 Mns	2.87 mph
	4,350 ft AEG	1 Hour 30 Mns Break

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North Mingus Trail #105

Mingus Trail #105A

View Point Trail #106

West Rim Trail #538

Powerline Trail #549

Bug Hollow Trail #548

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Same idea as last summer with two basic goals: hike the length of Gaddes and Burnt Canyons and find a better route down from West Rim to Powerline. With the cold front coming and going the day before, it seemed like a good day for water in the creeks and clouds above and below View Point Trail. Ended up super good timing and maybe the best day I've spent on Mingus. Started at Mescal Tank with North Mingus.

North Mingus and View Point had been trimmed back since the summer, so rain and snow melt on the trailside brush was mostly a nonissue. A little muddy but nothing too bad. North Mingus a mix of forest and views. Clouds below to the north were even better once on View Point. Walked above, below, and inside them until topping out on Mingus.

Quarter inch of snow on top of Mingus Mountain that had mostly melted by sundown. Gaddes Canyon had a trickle in the snowy top of the trail and below the road on Black Canyon Trail. Once into Black and Burnt Canyons the flow picked up. Not too strong but more than a trickle. Clouds rolled overhead the whole way. Burnt canyon is mellow with a better and better forest heading up. The upper mile or two is picture perfect open ponderosa forest. The middle section had some smooth, rocky sections that are awesome with water flowing. The going is relatively easy the whole way, not much to maneuver around or bushwhack through.

Diverted from the end of Burnt Canyon up to the tank North of Kendall Peak. On the way noticed a pair of graves with a metal sign that read "Ram Dog" from which a grey collar hung. Walked the road with some corner cutting to Yaeger Cabin Trail. Passed the only person I saw all day on Yaeger Canyon and then commenced the mile or so roadwalk to Butterfly. Straight through the woods from Middle To West Rim and then over to the edge of the mountaintop.

I took a ridge NW off the very northern tip of the mountain. It was a way better track down than last time, and though a moderate bushwhack I was on Powerline in twenty minutes. On the way down enjoyed views of Humphreys and Sedona that shine in the last couple hours of the day. Straightforward trip back down. On the day saw the one person, two coyotes, a half dozen deer, and lion tracks near the upper Black Canyon TH and Mingus Lake.

Burnt Canyon

Light flow

Butterfly Tank

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	Gaddes Canyon	Light flow	Light flow
	Pools/trickle higher up, below the road light flow

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Oct 23 2021

Nightstalker

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Goodyear, AZ

Yeager Loop, AZ

Hiking		Oct 23 2021
		Nightstalker • Triplogs 1,740

Hiking	6.84 Miles	1,492 AEG

Hiking	6.84 Miles	4 Hrs 1 Min		2.35 mph
	1,492 ft AEG	1 Hour 6 Mns Break	13 LBS Pack

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Took the Harem up to Prescott National Forest to see some fall colors. Mingus seemed to be the best option and we were rewarded with the start of the oak's color change.

Autumn Foliage Observation Light
Trees just starting to change

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Jul 26 2021

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Phoenix, AZ

Gaddes - Burnt Loop, AZ

Hiking		Jul 26 2021
		LJW • Triplogs 266

Hiking	22.29 Miles	4,090 AEG

Hiking	22.29 Miles	8 Hrs 14 Mns	2.98 mph
	4,090 ft AEG	45 Mns Break

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North Mingus Trail #105

Mingus Trail #105A

View Point Trail #106

West Rim Trail #538

Powerline Trail #549

Bug Hollow Trail #548

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Attempted to loop Gaddes Canyon with the entirety of Burnt Canyon since I'd never seen either running with water. Ended up cutting it short and skipped the roughest portions of Burnt Canyon. Probably started too far away, but I hadn't stretched my legs in a while, and I was curious to try descending off the mountain from West Rim to Powerline without a trail. Started from around Mescal Tank and went clockwise at 5am.

Soaking wet on North Mingus and View Point. Little overgrown on both, got started and stayed wet through Gaddes. Only a little mud round the east side of the mountain. Sweet sunrise views over a sea of clouds settled in the Verde Valley. Clouds were sliding up Mingus behind me by the time I topped out on View Point.

The short stretch of Gaddes Canyon I did was the muddiest part of the day. Water running down the trail in parts. Got into Gaddes Canyon and onto Gaddes Two with the unfamiliar roar of water. Never paid attention to how many creek crossings there are before. There are many, and they were rather wide and difficult. Longest trip down Gaddes before and one of the most delightful.

Had planned on taking Black Canyon Trail down to Black Canyon and following Burnt Canyon back up. It was already looking pretty stormy on the Mingustop, and clouds were pushing their way up Black Canyon and over the ridge. Decided the views were better on the road despite the water in the canyon, plus I was worried how rough it would be in spots along the lower end of Burnt Canyon with the water running high. Wanted to avoid that frustration and was trying not to descend off the mountain in a late morning storm. So I cut the corner and took the road past upper Black Canyon and climbed down into Burnt Canyon from a campsite. It's definitely beautiful any time of year but with the brown stream of water flowing down in the wide draw through the open pines, and especially on a stormy day, it was real special. Easy travel from there up, successfully cut out the bushwhacking.

Roads and woods to Yaeger Cabin Trail. First time on that one and was impressed. Runs through the forest below the road. Nice connector. Best not on a weekend with Mingus' car traffic. Took that to Yaeger Canyon and up the road to Butterfly. Cut the thirty feet up from the road and followed it along the harvest boundary. Thinning going on east by the hang-gliding area. In retrospect, I think Butterfly, Middle, and West Rim are closed, as well as the hang-gliding area. Took Middle for a couple minutes then up through the woods to West Rim. West Rim is not marked for thinning. Nice to see the forest thinned, but's also nice to know at least one corner will be left alone.

Got to the edge of Mingus and it was all clouds and fog. Could not see a thing. Walked the edge until I thought I found a wide enough game trail to descend. It was steep, wet, muddy, disorienting, and totally rad. Bounced around the mountainside and was lucky not to cliff out. Trails here and there. Moderate bushwhack. Only 600 feet down, will try a ridge next time. Made it to Powerline/Bug Hollow and had an uneventful and wonderfully cloudy walk back to the car. Didn't see anyone all day besides some logging trucks. Many deer. 60s-70s. Lots and lots of mushrooms. Imagine the mountain will dry up quick.

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Mostly on Gaddes Two

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Apr 18 2021

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Kendall Peak Loop, AZ

Hiking		Apr 18 2021
		LJW • Triplogs 266

Hiking	19.25 Miles	3,671 AEG

Hiking	19.25 Miles	6 Hrs 33 Mns	3.18 mph
	3,671 ft AEG	30 Mns Break

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One of my favorite hikes of last year, went round again this time without the lake, lookout, or cabin. Started near the upper Little Yeager TH and went clockwise around 7am. Road to Mingus Lake gate is now paved.

Wanted to get my least favorite sections out of the way first. Little Yeager is a smooth mountain biking trail. Have never passed any bikers on the trail, but I'd be curious to see some of the jumps in action. Took that to Yeager Canyon near 89a and headed back up Mingus.

Road walk past a thousand campers to Butterfly. Highlight stretch begins and goes on for miles. Next up was Middle Trail before turning onto West Rim. Took the first spur to the double track that leads out toward the hang gliding pad. At some point cut through the woods over to that area. Forest thinning hasn't started yet around there.

Roads to Gaddes and then Gaddes 2. Favorite trail of the hike, makes for a nice descent. Black Canyon trail then off trail to Ash Canyon. Was hoping for run off and found a trickle.

Up Kendall and then down and around the ridge back to the car. Only saw one hiker on Little Yeager and a group of mountain bikers on Gaddes. Absolutely beautiful weather. Gate to the lake isn't open yet.

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Sep 11 2020

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Geronimo Cabin - Kendall Peak, AZ

Hiking		Sep 11 2020
		LJW • Triplogs 266

Hiking	21.49 Miles	4,242 AEG

Hiking	21.49 Miles	7 Hrs 51 Mns	3.03 mph
	4,242 ft AEG	45 Mns Break

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Back to Mingus for what ended up being one of my favorite hikes of the year. Re-trod some of my favorite old ground on the north side of the loop and borrowed the southern half from HAZ. Originally drew up and hiked a similar loop a month ago, but if I'm remembering right I have @joebartels @The_Eagle and @chumley to thank for the route from Black Canyon to Kendall Peak.

Started at the #533 trailhead (pulloff) off 89a around 6am and went clockwise. Shady until onto Mingus proper on Yaeger Canyon. Alien sunrise through the atmospheric smoke. Orange to rose gold to plain white. Beat back the strength of the sun, and it was cool all day, although it made for weird lighting for snapping pictures.

Road walk to Butterfly. Cut up from the road and walked the stretch of Butterfly that runs adjacent to it. Took that to Middle trail. Two of my favorites on Mingus, but the dense pine forest is marked for clearing. Probably for the best. Walked the woods to the hangliding pad and had a look out through the haze.

More roads to Mingus Lake. Quick break, then through the woods up to the lookout. There was a ranger there walking toward the gate. Said good morning from behind, and he seemed quite unhappy to see me. Turns out the LO area is closed off for the duration of the pandemic. Ended up a real cordial conversation and a nice on-the-feet-break. John and I talked Mingus and firefighting and agreed not to forget what day it was and then went our separate ways.

Gaddes Canyon, up and over the ridge into the Geronimo drainage. Lots of trails to work with getting down. Trail from the drainage all the way to the cabin, and judging by the stonework, spring box, and metal trash, it might be one of Pena's himself. Good amount of catclaw. Cabin is really neat. There's some boots in the cabin that, whether or not they're legit, are in about two dozen shredded pieces.

Back up then down Gaddes Two. Another Mingus favorite. Rest of the loop is pretty much through open ponderosa pine forest that is almost impossible not to love. Black Canyon and Burnt Canyon route goes off trail. Open canyon floor and decent game/use trails make for really easy going travel. Feels far away, apart from the planes and sounds of distant motors. Lots of bear scat and some water in Burnt Canyon. Nice time of year for it with the canyon so lush and green.

Ash Canyon more delightful forest. Up to Kendall Peak which is more of the same only you're going up. To whomever lost their green HikeArizona hat on Kendall Peak's eastern ridge, I found it if you want it back. Views from the top not bad. Prescott ranges. Disturbed a couple hunters who were hanging around near the summit. Whoops. Down the ridge to the road and over another ridge to cut corners and get in on even more pine forest. From there, uneventful but beautiful road walk to Little Yaeger, which is probably best on a mountain bike.

Only saw the three people on the day. Similar trail use on a weekend, but the road traffic goes up. Temperatures never hit 80. Nice way to hold over until fall.

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Jul 18 2020

hikerdw

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Mesa,AZ

South Mingus, AZ

Hiking		Jul 18 2020
		hikerdw • Triplogs 541

Hiking	12.32 Miles	2,404 AEG

Hiking	12.32 Miles	5 Hrs 16 Mns	2.80 mph
	2,404 ft AEG	52 Mns Break

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Seeing @joebartels and @The_Eagle recent triplogs for the area figured this would be a good hike and that it was. Only saw one other hiker the entire day. Temps were great in the morning, really nice at the higher elevations, and tolerable on the descent back to the trailhead. Saw 5 deer, one very close which we followed for a bit. A mix of terrain, groomed trails, old abandoned trails, off-trail, and forest roads made for ideal conditions. Had a nice lunch break on Kendall Peak. Fantastic day hiking South Mingus.

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Jun 06 2020

The_Eagle

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Far NE Phoenix,

Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt - Ash - Kendall Loop, AZ

Hiking		Jun 06 2020
		The_Eagle • Triplogs 2,760

Hiking	16.66 Miles	3,166 AEG

Hiking	16.66 Miles	7 Hrs 52 Mns		2.22 mph
	3,166 ft AEG	22 Mns Break	14 LBS Pack

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We went up to the Mingus area to take advantage of the cooler weather.

Starting on Yaeger Canyon Trail #28 , heading CW, we got the big climb for the day out of the way. Cool crisp air and good views on the way up.

Up top, a short walk on FR413 until we went off trail to check out Chums. Chums was a bit scummy, but filterable if needed.

We continued our off trail to meet up with Gaddes #110. We headed down to more great views.

Next, it was into a new area for us. Burnt Canyon was really one of the gems on this hike. Easy wide open walking to start, turned into slickrock, with very minor canyoneering. Water could be had in many places, but never got in the way of our hike.

We climbed out of Burnt Canyon and into Ash Canyon #539. We've hiked through here before and a worthy trail if you are in the area. We use it as a way to access Kendall Mountain There is a huge ole' Juniper that we have used before as a break spot. The shade felt good.

Heading down Little Yaeger #533, I couldn't remember ever being on it before. It had been 8 years since we did the whole thing, but yep we'd been there. This is a well groomed, well used trail with once again, good views. We met a gentleman from Prescott that talked to us all the way down. Walking at our normal brisk pace, this 75 year old gentleman went step for step with us all the way down. I hope I can still do that at that age.

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	Ash Canyon Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Spring is dripping but there is a large pool of water

	Chums Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	A little scummy, but filterable

	Trick Tank	51-75% full	51-75% full
	This appears to be routed to a wildlife water catchment device now. It's about 30 ft by 40 ft long

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Jun 06 2020

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Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt - Ash - Kendall Loop, AZ

Hiking		Jun 06 2020
		joebartels • Triplogs 5,894

Hiking	15.59 Miles	3,071 AEG

Hiking	15.59 Miles	7 Hrs 53 Mns	2.24 mph
	3,071 ft AEG	56 Mns Break

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Vicinity History
Mingus was named after the owner of the Mingus ranch. The ranch grew about 15 acres of potatoes without irrigation. In 1922 Mingus was a pimple on a flea receiving just $9k for highway roads. Whereas Senator & Yarnell received $150 & 145k. Heck, even Fossil received $50k!

Summer recreation became popular with Arizonians around 1924. Prescott to Jerome was SR79 in 1927. This was the first state HWY to utilize a pavement layer in 1936. Trucks continuously added material into a hopper. If I understand correctly, the old way piled asphalt on one side then a grader set the road. Which blocked traffic and made it impossible to take cookies to the inlaws. No clue what the hurry was as the first chocolate chip cookie wasn't invented until 1937. The highway made for a nice trip for racing pigeon fanciers to launch from the top of Mingus. In 1941, this segment of SR79 changed to US89A.

Yeager Canyon Trail #28
Ears chili from the breeze in June! The 1,300-foot ascent is moderate with the switchbacks. We continued on FS413. Left off-trail dipping through the origin of Burnt Canyon then merged into Gaddes.

Gaddes Canyon #110
We cut in @ 1-mile. Both Gaddes Canyon trails are high in my favorites. I have only hiked the southern 1.5-miles of #110 a few times. It always seems special. Antelope horns and rattlesnake weed by the #110 Road Junction

Burnt Canyon
Temps started to get a little warm. It didn't feel like it was February anymore. WTH, mid-70s! Bruce saw at least 3 mulies run through the woods. Nice pine views through Burnt Canyon. The canyon transitioned from a downhill stroll to easy canyoneering.

Ash Canyon Trail #539
Off-trail over from Burnt Canyon featured nice quartz up to basketball size. Vicinity, logistics, and minor route-finding keep this nice trail a virtual secret.

Kendall Peak
Heading up I questioned if we really needed to do this damn peak again. It is a little bit of a bushwhack in areas. Not bad overall. Very negotiable if you're not in the lead...lol The answer holds at yes. A break under the giant juniper is fab.

Synopsis
Almost forfeited with an issue driving up. Bruce suggested we continue with the hike. Turned out to be one of the most delightful hikes ever! June is my second favorite month. When it's dry, the euphoria reminds me of Autumn as a kid.

Driving home the issue escalated, so I got a lift from Bloody Basin Rd. Ramifications on the horizon are bleak, staying positive. Perhaps February for a second favorite month, June seems to be out for blood in recent years... lol

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Wildflowers Observation Light
Light overall. One or more short stubby fields of daisies.
Albeit past bloom, the largest field of Rocky Mountain Iris I've witnessed.
Antelope horns and rattlesnake weed by the Trail #110 / Road Junction.

	Ash Canyon Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Pool

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Mar 20 2019

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South Mingus Loop, AZ

Hiking		Mar 20 2019
		DixieFlyer • Triplogs 1,374

Hiking	13.70 Miles	2,681 AEG

Hiking	13.70 Miles	6 Hrs 50 Mns	2.76 mph
	2,681 ft AEG	1 Hour 52 Mns Break

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Old Dump Trail #530

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Tracie and I had Geronimo's Cabin on our radar screen for over a year now, and we decided at long last to go check it out. I had reviewed some triplogs and maps, and decided to do a big loop that encompassed the Yeager Canyon Loop; also included are a couple of short out-and-back side trips to Kendall Peak and Geronimo's Cabin.

We hiked on several trails and roads, including Little Yeager Canyon Trail #533; Kendall Camp Road 105; Cherry Trail 132; Forest Road 413; Forest Road 9003T; Yeager Cabin Trail #111; Old Dump Trail #530; and Yeager Canyon Trail #28. We also did a bit of off-trail hiking, mostly getting to and from Kendall Peak -- this was some of the easiest off-trail hiking that I have done.

We started the hike at a pullout on 89A, where the Little Yeager Canyon Trail #533 and Yeager Canyon Trail #28 meet. We took the Little Yeager Canyon Trail #533 and then took a right on Kendall Camp Road 105 for a short distance. Then we went on a fun, easy off-trail excursion to the north side of Kendall Peak, and went up the north slope of the peak to the summit. After descending down the way we came up, we took a logging road to Cherry Trail 132, and took it west for a ways until we went off-trail to get to FR 413, very near to where FR 9003T starts. Then we went up to Geronimo's Cabin; retraced our steps back to FR 413, and made our way to the start of Yeager Cabin Trail #111. We then took #111 up to Yeager Canyon Trail #28, and took it back to the TH.

As for Old Dump Trail #530: my map, the HAZ GPS track, and the description of the trail on the Prescott National Forest website all indicated that Trail #530 ran from Trail #28 to FR 413. However, the signage for Trail #530 has the trail running from Trail #111 to FR 413. I took this revised Old Dump Trail from #111 to FR 413 and back. I also went up Trail #28 to where the Old Dump Trail junction was supposed to be, and did not see a trail or a trail sign. I am not sure why Trail #530 has apparently been moved.

At 7,088' Kendall Peak certainly isn't the highest in the area, but it had some nice 360 degree views nonetheless. I enjoyed seeing snow covered peaks in the Bradshaws. I noticed at least 3 HAZers had signed the trip logbook.

Geronimo's Cabin, with its logs vertical instead of horizontal, is definitely unique. The vertical logs makes it blend in with and mirror the environment

We saw around a dozen turkeys, but that was the only wildlife that we saw.

I really like hiking on Mingus, and this was a very enjoyable hike!

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Sep 12 2018

kelly14

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Phoenix

Haywood Canyon, AZ

Hiking		Sep 12 2018
		kelly14 • Triplogs 160

Hiking	5.83 Miles	1,314 AEG

Hiking	5.83 Miles	3 Hrs 23 Mns	1.72 mph
	1,314 ft AEG

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Wife gave me permission to go on a hike this morning without her. Told me it couldn’t be too cool though. So Riley and I set out to check out Haywood Canyon in the Black hills. (It’s the canyon that rt 89a climbs in and out of thru the black hills) There wasn’t much of rhyme or a reason just that I’ve driven past it multiple times and was intrigued by the all beautiful forest and steep canyon walls.

I took a quick jaunt up the Yeager canyon trail #28 at the beginning but after that headed up Haywood Canyon. As expected there was a little flow and a couple decent sized pools of water at the beginning. After that the canyon was mostly dry the rest of the way. The real surprise here was the fact that there was a really nice trail with some cairns and ribbons for im guessing 2.5 miles or so all the way up to near Haywood Spring! Was not expecting that. (I stopped when I could no longer find the ribbons aka the end of the trail?)

Someone took a lot of time to tie ribbons every 30 ft, trim the brush back, and even cut down trees. It was a surprisingly nice trail. Yes it’s uncomfortably close to the road for the beginning but after that it’s actually a really pleasant hike thru the pines with tons of deciduous trees towards the top/end. Tons of sign of critters too. Curious if this is a hike the locals know about?

If you can ignore the beer cans and highway noise for the beginning stretch the rest of the hike with the tall pines and into the oak forest might make a sweet hike come fall!

	Haywood Canyon	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	Couple pools and flow just upstream where trail #28 crosses on the old bridge. otherwise mostly dry

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Jun 09 2018

The_Eagle

Guides 41
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Photos 14,983
Triplogs 2,760

69 male

Joined Jan 20 2009
Far NE Phoenix,

Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt Canyon - Ash Loop, AZ

Hiking		Jun 09 2018
		The_Eagle • Triplogs 2,760

Hiking	15.74 Miles	4,046 AEG

Hiking	15.74 Miles	9 Hrs 9 Mns		2.06 mph
	4,046 ft AEG	1 Hour 30 Mns Break	16 LBS Pack

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Joe had us up in the Mingus area again to hit some old favorites, look for some stuff and hit some new areas.

We started on the well groomed 1500' climb up Yeager Canyon Trail. Once up top, on FR9003P we stumbled onto the remains of an old cabin structure. Pipe in the structure, suggested there might be a spring in the area. After a bit of a search, we have a new named spring.

Next, the adventure of finding a way off the rim. Chums found us a break in wall to get down to our next search. Geronimo's cabin had been on my list since @PrestonSands was there years ago. This is a place that you could walk right past, if you were not within 50' of it. Gernomio's Cabin was built by Geronimo Pena. He worked as a woodcutter for 37 years, supplying the community of Jerome with firewood. Born in 1877, he passed away in the cabin in 1957 of heart disease. His boots are still supposed to be there, but I did not notice them.

Leaving the cabin we found an old use trail. We lost it and found again, along with the remnants of another unmarked near dry spring.

Back on the familiar Gaddes Canyon #110, Gaddes #9037 and Black Canyon #110, we turned into Black Canyon/Burnt Canyon. Bovine traffic made our travel much easier.

Next up was Ash Canyon #539. We found a shady spot for lunch, before heading up to Kendall Peak.
It was a bit of a huffer for me on that climb in the heat. The views are totally worth it.

We finished off the hike exploring the off trail Little Yaeger Canyon. Slow and brushy in spots, with a few down climbs that we practiced Safety First.

Good times, Thanks for driving Chums, great hiking with you again.

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	Ash Canyon Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Pooling in the area of the spring

	Burnt Canyon	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	Bovine in the area make the numerous pools a must filter

	Chums Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Filterable water to be had

	Hog Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Water below the spring in Ash Canyon tells me it's flowing.

	Little Yaeger Canyon	Pools to trickle	Pools to trickle
	Pools to be found off and on.

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Jun 09 2018

chumley

Guides 94
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Photos 22,055
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52 male

Joined Sep 18 2002
Tempe, AZ

Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt Canyon - Ash Loop, AZ

Hiking		Jun 09 2018
		chumley • Triplogs 1,993

Hiking	17.19 Miles	4,375 AEG

Hiking	17.19 Miles	9 Hrs 7 Mns	2.18 mph
	4,375 ft AEG	1 Hour 14 Mns Break

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For some reason, I had never once dipped my hiking wick into any of the trails on Mingus Mountain, so this looked like a good introduction and an excuse to get to cooler elevations without driving too far.

The sun made it a bit warm toward the end, but the trails were great, and the off-trail sections were mostly manageable too! A patch of poison ivy made me do a few ballerina steps of avoidance.

Deliverance Cabin was one of the most rugged I've seen, and in an odd location. Whoever built it was apparently not a fan of being found. The way down was an improvisational mess. We enjoyed finding the old trail tread on the way back up.

The high point on the day was Kendall Peak, which somebody promised me was a unique and a peak. It's a good thing somebody added it about 6 minutes ago as a cya.

Little Yeager turned into a bit of an adventure in the heat of the afternoon sun, but despite slow travel, it was actually a nice change of pace to add to the mix for the day.

I'll have to explore some more of this little mountain sometime!

I ran circles around the other two, racking up a few extra miles and elevation too.

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Jun 09 2018

joebartels

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Joined Nov 20 1996

Yeager - Gaddes - Burnt Canyon - Ash Loop, AZ

Hiking		Jun 09 2018
		joebartels • Triplogs 5,894

Hiking	15.76 Miles	3,944 AEG

Hiking	15.76 Miles	9 Hrs 8 Mns		2.10 mph
	3,944 ft AEG	1 Hour 38 Mns Break	12 LBS Pack

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Yeager Canyon Trail #28
6 years since Bruce and I hiked this one. The trail is very well maintained.

Gaddes Canyon Trail Two (Old) (added 2020-02-11)
Based on comments in nonot's [ triplog ] we hiked or paralleled this mythical 2 mile out-n-back. For sleuths' sake of ever figuring it out I moved the trailhead from FR501A to trail 502 which hikebot does have a track posted based on gov gis data.

Gaddes Canyon #110
Short leg to make the loop work. Never tire of this one.

Gaddes Canyon Two Trail #9037
Long standing fav, prefer up. Dry, no wildflowers.

Black Canyon Trail #114
Almost felt like cheating since we just hiked the nicest upper end. Columbine patch. Box Elders stood out with their bright translucent green leaves.

Offtrail Black & Burnt Canyons
1.5 mi portion we did on a 17 mi loop Aug `14. The most notable pools of water all day. Bring your own, this canyon travels easy from all the cow trails-of-use.

Ash Canyon Trail #539
Only 1.5 mi, perhaps the best part of it too.

Yeager Cabin Trail #111
Whopping 0.5mi of this gem. 9Lee linking at it's best!

Little Yaeger Canyon
Looked forward to this the most as somehow it never made the mix. Heading in I couldn't figure why Preston mentioned...

Reversing your route back down Little Yaeger Canyon is the most difficult option.

Crystal clear now. I barely made it down with lots of help. The sword was double edged as the guys spent the previous hour suggesting changing this final leg to a nearby trail... lol
I'd still go up this canyon since I forgot to keep an eye out for the Aspens. Forget descending until memory fades!

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Enjoyed the loop once. Not itchin to do it again. Mingus is my fav so neva say never but I'd reverse it. Good to see Chums jump in on this one. 18% of the hike was breaks =)

Wildflowers Observation Isolated
One Columbine patch and a fair amount of raspberry in two canyons.

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Mar 20 2018

kelly14

Routes 92
Photos 885
Triplogs 160

30 male

Joined Sep 27 2015
Phoenix

Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Hiking		Mar 20 2018
		kelly14 • Triplogs 160

Hiking	6.60 Miles	1,615 AEG

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	1,615 ft AEG

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Now that I found out this website can track all your hikes together and my wife and I can see how many miles we hiked this year, elevation gained, etc we are going to update all our hikes on here if possible. We hiked the Little Yeager Trail # 533, Yeager Cabin Trail, and Yeager Canyon Trail loop back on March 20th. The weather was in the 50's and on the northern slopes there was still some patches of snow which was fun to play with for my dog Riley! The loop trail was fun and it was nice to see all new terrain the whole hike considering we are mostly used to out and back hikes. Very pretty hike with great views but besides that nothing too spectacular. We both agreed we were glad to hike it and it was fun but wouldn't need to make a trip back anytime soon. Worth noting that the whole area seemed very dry sadly and the only water to be found was in Haywood Canyon upstream a ways. (It was dry once we initially crossed it on the little yeager trail # 533 but was flowing upstream on the yeager canyon trail. Love the Black hills and will no doubt be back this summer in the area to escape the heat!

	Young Seep Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	think we found the spring even though it didn't match the maps. Appeared to be dripping slightly, but the whole area seemed to have had a dry winter

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Nov 04 2017

Hansenaz

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Joined Apr 06 2005
Phoenix, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

Hiking		Nov 04 2017
		Hansenaz • Triplogs 526

Hiking	6.20 Miles	1,208 AEG

Hiking	6.20 Miles	2 Hrs 33 Mns	2.43 mph
	1,208 ft AEG

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Was looking for a moderate walk to do before a visit to Jerome with my wife, son and his dog. This fit the bill! Nice trails and a nice walk with some moderate AEG. A GPS track for the loop was useful since there are a few choices which might be confusing. Walked the loop CCW...probably best.

Jerome was in full Saturday Fall afternoon glory. Lunch at Bobby D's Barbecue was excellent and very dog friendly.

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Sep 02 2017

hikerdw

Routes 268
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Joined Aug 16 2009
Mesa,AZ

Mingus Woodcutter Cabin, AZ

Hiking		Sep 02 2017
		hikerdw • Triplogs 541

Hiking	9.29 Miles	1,964 AEG

Hiking	9.29 Miles
	1,964 ft AEG

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