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| | Hiking | 7.24 Miles | 7 Hrs 58 Mns | | 0.91 mph |
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| partners | | I've been curious about this hike for a few years, but forgot about it until recently. Claire and I started making a plan, and before we knew it my roommate, Brian, was also joining in on the fun! We decided that the funnest route would be the one going straight up, so parked at a nice out-of-the-way camp spot on the Reavis road and got to hiking!
We started off basically following along the divisional district fence, choosing whatever route looked best up the ridge. The original plan was to head a little more westward toward the wash, but the route we took wasn't bad. Ok, maybe some scree sections in places, and tons and tons of cactus, but we didn't really get into thick brush until up near the top. We found an area just to the northeast of the butte to climb up -- just a short 10-15 foot section of rock. Still, a little heady due to the notorious nature of chossy Supes rock. Once at the top, we worked our way on over and were soon at the Bronco summit! We stopped for some goofy pictures and a leisurely lunch before heading back down again.
Looking back at the steep terrain, we opted to try the "cairned trail" back down, despite it being in the opposite direction of the car. Reason being, it looked like it may be a whole lot easier on the feet and knees than dealing with the route up. Unfortunately, it took a really long time to figure out where the route was, and we only found a short section with actual cairns. Despite having the GPS, it was difficult to follow the route constantly, due to avoiding hidden rocks and cacti in the grass. We ended up off route once more, but this time decided to just go with it. Not the best of ideas, as we ended up in a wash with tons of catclaw and other such enjoyable desert flora. We pushed thru for a couple hours, in and out of the wash, until we reached the road.. then another 2.5 miles back to the car.
This was a really fun trip. If I were to go back, I'd take the same route up, and maybe try to find another way down on the same side. There just seemed to be much less foliage on that side. And maybe explore a few more of the outcroppings near the peak. |
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It wasn't as windy down in the canyon and if you could find a sunny spot it was almost nice out 
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The recorded trips where interesting in one aspect. A guy mentioned a trail on his Superstition map. I quickly grabbed my Beartooth and wouldn't you friggin know it, there's a TRAIL. It's a cairned route but still, I can't believe I just scaled a friggin wall when there's a trail a quarter mile over. C'est la vie!
