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Music Mountain via Peter's Trail #105, AZ
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| Hiking | 7.33 Miles |
1,717 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.33 Miles | 7 Hrs 29 Mns | | 1.89 mph |
| 1,717 ft AEG | 3 Hrs 36 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Was aiming to do Music Mountain and possibly Tortilla Mountain in the same trip. Managed to drive our 4WD high-clearance vehicle past Tortilla Trailhead along SR213 to Peter's Trail #105 Northern Terminus where we started the hike, saving a total of around 6 miles. This drive would not be possible without both high-clearance and 4WD. There are some steep steps to climb at the start of this drive.
Peter's Trail was easy to follow and most of the intruding catclaw had been cleared by prior trail users.
We followed a route from Adam Walker for the ascent, leaving Peter's Trail after Kane Spring and heading directly south towards the eastern side of the summit. Approaching the climb, the catclaw was high and dense but I managed to avoid most of it by scrambling along a waterfall area, swapping the spikes for the less spikey scrub oak. I reached the saddle, opening up the view to the southern part of the range and continued west to the summit cairn. The sheets of paper inside the jar in the summit cairn were last signed in 2023 by Adam Walker whose route we had followed.
As my hiking partner was doing a SOTA activation at the summit (first activation of this peak) we took a long break there, before descending directly north from the summit, picking our way through the brush on what felt like a slightly steeper descent, and rock hopping back to the wash and eventually Peter's Trail.
By the time we were down it was about 3pm and the clouds were coming in fast with a storm. I, being slower and behind, got some light rain which we were expecting but it was obvious that we'd have to save Tortilla for another time. As we finished the drive back out of SR213 it started to pour on the way home.
I've added the gpx to the Kane Spring guide. |
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Kane Spring |
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| | | Small pools and light flowing down the spring after heavy rain. | | | |
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