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| Hiking | 7.10 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.10 Miles | 3 Hrs 45 Mns | | 1.89 mph |
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| no partners | | My hiking partner bailed... again. I need to find a more consistent hiking buddy, lol.
The road leading up to the trailhead was super muddy. I was sliding around quite a bit in my little cobalt and thought I almost got myself stuck once when I had to slow down.
Got to the trailhead around 8:40, there was still plenty of parking. Signed the guest log at 8:45 and headed up to Fremont Saddle with Diesel. The weather was beautiful, if not a tad bit humid. There were pools along the trail, and I heard a pretty good water flow somewhere a few times on the way up. I only passed 2-3 hikers on the way up. Once I made it to Fremont Saddle I took a quick break and appreciated the incredible view of Weaver's Needle.
Once I had soaked up enough of the view I headed around to have lunch under the Lone Pinyon. It was my first time heading there, but the trail leading there was pretty easy to follow. Diesel and I ate lunch with an even better view of the Needle. I stayed for 20 or 30 minutes to appreciate the quiet and the solitude.. I wouldn't have much more of it on the way down.
The way back down to the trailhead was very busy as usual. I ran into a lot of hikers, many with unleashed and untrained dogs. Someone's unleashed Pit Bull charged Diesel, thankfully the dog's owner and I were able to break it up before it escalated too much. He seemed pretty apologetic but, I didn't feel like exchanging 'pleasantries' and went on my way. I could hear the women with him telling him "No, he just wanted to play." Another older women had some small fluffy dog, she asked if Diesel was friendly so they could say hello. Diesel sat like a good boy as they approached, but her dog decided he wanted to try to tear D's face off instead. The owner laughed and exclaimed "Aw she wants to play!". I wanted to suggest she put her hand between her snarling dog and Diesel, then see if she still thought her dog was playing. But I just smiled and headed on my way instead. I heard some sounds of dogs fighting behind me later, I hope everyone was OK.
My mood was pretty soured by the time I got back to the trailhead, what with all the butt head dogs on the trail. Other than that, another incredible day in the Superstitions. I don't think I'll bring Diesel along anymore on Peralta though. |
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. Perfectly passable, but id be careful in a lower profile vehicle in a few areas.
A lot of wildflowers in the meadow south of the I-40 before entering the trees. A nice breeze picked up as I crossed Old Walnut Canyon Road just north of Walnut Canyon National Monument. I camped a ways off the Road the second time the trail crosses it. The weather reports I had been reading all the way up being dropped off indicated decent weather, but there was a pretty good storm that night.
. We got a late start so it was pretty toasty on the way back. I missed the turn off for the trail we took from the horse lot and ended up passing the windmill and started to head up the hill. My companions weren't too stoked on our alternate route as we got about halfway up the hill. My pup and I waited at the top of the hill - but not for too long before everyone made it up.
. By the time I got home from work and packed up, there was only enough time to to give the pup and the girlfriend a hug before heading out the door.
). A few photographers lower down the Canyon and surprisingly a few hikers coming down when we got to the cave close to Fremont Saddle. They had what looked like to beautiful golden retreivers. We exchanged pleasantries for a moment then my friend and I continued up. Right before we got to Fremont Saddle twilight turned to night and we turned on our head lamps. When we reached the saddle we could barely see the silhouette of Weaver's Needle. We headed for the Pinyon and came across a group that joked about us being prepared as they only had 1 flashlight between all of them. We wished them luck heading down and continued on.
