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Sep 06 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Sep 06 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking2.50 Miles 900 AEG
Hiking2.50 Miles
900 ft AEG
 
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Could only afford a few hours of hiking for the day so the hoodoos and a little beyond were just the ticket.

East Lot was crazy full with a 130pm start and 50 cars but it's Labor Day weekend.

Trail was busy but not bad and the 75F temperature with some clouds and breezes made for a perfect stroll.
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Sep 05 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Sep 05 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking5.40 Miles 1,500 AEG
Hiking5.40 Miles
1,500 ft AEG
 
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630am start with only 8 cars at the east lot made for a quiet climb up to the high perch and then some.

37F in parts of the drive up but TH temps were fine with a high of 75F for the day beats 110+ any day.

Usual storms arrived a little late and provided wonderful shade and cool breezes but east baldy remained bone drive for what appeared to be at least 5 days of no significant rain.

Ran into a number of folks on return trek but not crazy numbers but lot was crazy full with 40 cars and main West Baldy lot had 50 cars on drive out at 130pm.

A very nice day for a great hike with flurries in the forecast this week.
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Aug 12 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 12 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking2.50 Miles 900 AEG
Hiking2.50 Miles
900 ft AEG
 
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Forecast was 30 percent chance and radar showed widespread storm activity.

A 1pm start with a nice 70F temperature.

It got really loud approaching hoodoos but otherwise no rain or reports of rain.

Nice rain storms in Pinetop but not Show Low and rain in Heber and Forest Lakes. A hot 97F in Payson at 5pm was a sign of how ugly the weather was going to be on my way back to Phx.
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Aug 11 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 11 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking5.40 Miles 1,500 AEG
Hiking5.40 Miles
1,500 ft AEG
 
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Forecast was for zero chance of rain which worked out nicely especially with the 65F temperature.

Some traffic on the way to the hoodoos but then zero.
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Aug 07 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 07 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking5.40 Miles 1,500 AEG
Hiking5.40 Miles
1,500 ft AEG
 
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East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo Overlook
East Baldy Trail #95
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Left the surface of the sun after sunrise on Friday and arrived at East TH at nearly 11am.

Greeted at the TH where it was 65F and a cloudy day but zero rain and no thunderstorm activity whatsoever for the entire day which is a gift for Baldy in Aug--I thought the following day would also be thunderstorm free but the typical Baldy storms returned not once but twice yesterday!

Parking lot had a number of cars but trail activity was the usual Baldy Friday light.

Tough leaving Baldy yesterday after another hike up to the Hall Creek headwaters where at the TH it was 58F with light drizzle at 1pm vs 110F when rolled into town.
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Jul 17 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Jul 17 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking2.50 Miles 900 AEG
Hiking2.50 Miles
900 ft AEG
 
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East Baldy Trail #95
Mount Baldy Loop
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Escaped Phoenix's surface of the sun temperatures to find monsoon season on Baldy just beginning with evidence of prior rainfall Thursday too. Greer reported monsoon rainfall action on Thursday too but nothing Friday which isn't unusual for the monsoons--East or West Baldy can experience rain and not the other. 10 cars at West Baldy TH but East Baldy lot was empty at 9am but I waited out the rain before enjoying a rain cooled 60F overcast day to the peak.

Only a few people on the trail with most doing the entire Baldy loop which is becoming especially popular even for newbies.

Thought the morning rain might keep the usual afternoon monsoon storms away but it just delayed them from their usual 11am start with distant thunder beginning about 1pm.

Experienced some light rain followed by about 20 minutes of heavier rain on trek down but no lightning or thunder.

People should be prepared for monsoons on Baldy as NWS forecast yesterday was 70 percent chance of storms

Typical monsoons on Baldy contain frequent lightning, lots of thunder, and often hail.
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Jul 17 2020
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East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to West Baldy Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Jul 17 2020
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking5.40 Miles 1,500 AEG
Hiking5.40 Miles
1,500 ft AEG
 
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Visited this often missed high perch with incredible views of West Baldy Trail and meadows below.

Escaped Phoenix's surface of the sun temperatures to find monsoon season on Baldy just beginning with evidence of prior rainfall Thursday too. Greer reported monsoon rainfall action on Thursday too but nothing Friday which isn't unusual for the monsoons--East or West Baldy can experience rain and not the other. 10 cars at West Baldy TH but East Baldy lot was empty at 9am but I waited out the rain before enjoying a rain cooled 60F overcast day to the peak.

Only a few people on the trail with most doing the entire Baldy loop which is becoming especially popular even for newbies.

Thought the morning rain might keep the usual afternoon monsoon storms away but it just delayed them from their usual 11am start with distant thunder beginning about 1pm.

Experienced some light rain followed by about 20 minutes of heavier rain on trek down but no lightning or thunder.

People should be prepared for monsoons on Baldy as NWS forecast yesterday was 70 percent chance of storms

Typical monsoons on Baldy contain frequent lightning, lots of thunder, and often hail.
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Aug 29 2019
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East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo OverlookAlpine, AZ
East Baldy Trail #95 to Hoodoo Overlook
Alpine, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 29 2019
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking2.50 Miles 900 AEG
Hiking2.50 Miles      45 Mns   3.33 mph
900 ft AEG
 
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East Baldy Trail #95
Mount Baldy Loop
West Baldy Trail #94
Mt Baldy Crossover Trail
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A nice 900 foot climb in 2.5 miles through some amazing meadows and forest to an incredible overlook.

My trusty super hiker (who soon turns 70 years young) had a date to install a water softener back in Tucson but did this climb in nearly nearly 45 minutes each way while I continued onward to the high perch.
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Feb 24 2019
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Mount Ord - Oak Spring RidgePayson, AZ
Mount Ord - Oak Spring Ridge
Payson, AZ
Hiking avatar Feb 24 2019
hiking_arizona • Triplogs 9
Hiking1.60 Miles 120 AEG
Hiking1.60 Miles
120 ft AEG
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Had to abort Friday evenings snowshoe trek up Mt Ord as snow was too fresh/powdery with zero float. After aborting I took a scenic drive up through Payson which was a ghost town (snow emergency) and up to nearly Kohls Ranch b/4 returning to the Valley.

Luckily they needed to service the equipment atop Ord so the snowcat left a pretty firm surface behind for my return trek on Sunday afternoon.

Unfortunately, I should left the snowshoes behind in car instead of leaving them hidden in the snow--as when I returned my Orange MSR Lightning Ascents were nowhere. ( looked everywhere just in case my GPS & memory were playing tricks on me )

Got passed after mile 5 by a very cold trail runner but other than that (plus the snowshoe fail) it was a good hike with some record snowfall.
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