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| Hiking | 15.14 Miles |
2,503 AEG |
| | Hiking | 15.14 Miles | 6 Hrs 51 Mns | | 2.42 mph |
| 2,503 ft AEG | 35 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Second hike of the day was the SARA park trails. We’d put together a rough track to emcompass probably the widest loop we’d have time for, but by doing that, we’d pick up satellite view of all the trails within that loop.
From the main trailhead parking, we headed down Yellow Trail, which most refer to as Sara’s Crack. The wash narrowed to a fun slot canyon. I clumsily made my way down the slide with use of the attached rope. Then climbed over the chockstone. But the metal bridge over the pool of water is gone. No pool of water either. After that, the wash widened and we made our way to the river at Balanced Rock Cove.
From there, we headed up the Blue Trail, then onto 4462, which is a rougher, but more fun, trail that climbs up onto the mountain. Neat geology and views. 4462 ties back into the Purple (Lizard Peak) Trail at a saddle on the south side of the peak. Purple Trail switchbacked up to the summit of Lizard Peak, which has a picnic table at the top. The trail drops VERY steeply off the northwest side of the peak down to the next saddle.
At that saddle, we opted to leave the Purple Trail and follow the ridge to the north. Faint use trail and red dots as we scramble along the ridge. A few spots had some exposure, but the rock was grippy and stable. The high point along that ridge looked to be about the same height as Lizard Peak, and the overlook had views of the river and Lake Havasu City. We followed a use trail off the overlook and looped back to the east on some trail called Trash Can, obviously named by mtn bikers.
Once back in the Yellow Trail wash, he headed over to the BLM trails on the east side of the wash. Lots of randomly named/numbered mtn biking trails and old mining roads. We headed south to Pilot Rock at the edge of the river, where we had lunch at a picnic table near the water. After that, we meandered east on some trails thru a bunch of old mines. I love mines, so we looked around that area a bit. We spotted a fun looking trail skirting along the edge of a cliffy looking rock formation, so choose to take that trail north. I liked that trail, and it was fun to meander north and we had fun trying to decide where the trail would eventually dump us out on the main trail.
Once on the “main” trail we followed it back out to the main wash, then took the Red trail north back to the parking lot. The Red trail simply parallels the Yellow trail above the wash for a short stretch. We finished up around 1615, making good time for the mileage. Very fun hike, new territory, and a lot of neat geology. Great day! Thank you, Kelly, for the sandwiches/wraps. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Suncups, heliotrope, poppies, brittlebush, lupine. |
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