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Trans-Supes spectacle, AZ
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| Backpack | 45.00 Miles |
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| | Backpack | 45.00 Miles | 4 Days | | |
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should be the banner for this hike, out of the 45 or so miles we travelled there were about 35 miles of rocks and catclaw. The forest service is doing such a fine job (  ) on the trails out there, they even let the trough at Chalebois become 4 inches deep and full of slime, even tho therein contains the fragile and endangered Gila Topminnow they claim to be so concerned about. OK, off my soapbox. The hike was blistering with daily temps in the 88-90 range with an occasional blessed breeze that offered a temporary fix. Most of day 1 was spent zigzagging up the hills to reach the top of Campaign-Pinto Pass. After that climb the trail met some nice forested areas on the way to Reavis where some in the group opted for a Circlestone side trip. Reavis Ranch was a great place to set up camp for 12 people. No apples, but fine camping as usual (nobody else there). On down the trail to stop at the Rogers ruins before a brutal bushwack through catclaw Mimosa. I might even chose poison ivy over catclaw if the choice was mine. On up the Rogers Canyon trail to the pass at JF intersection began to really spread out our group and I could tell the tension was in the air. There were times when I thought the heat would never let up. By the time we reached the bottom of the hill it had become much too late to continue down Fraser Canyon to the camp at Dripping Springs so a group decision was made to stop at Woodbury trailhead for the night. We camped in rediculously high winds amongst some deer hunters and car campers. From Woodbury (after a group wide report of little sleep due to wind noise except for TahoeMike who was wise enough to bring ear plugs...) we took the road down to JF ranch to explore the depths of Fraser Canyon and on to the Red Tanks Trail. After promising Bonnie that the next day's hike would be easy compared to JF and Roger's, we actually ended up straying apart once again. This was due to combination of heat and elevation gain. The descent through LaBarge Box was great and the next few miles to LaBarge spring were relatively pleasant :except: for you guessed it! more catclaw!
The last day I got an early start and missed a hot breakfast to make good time out of the Sun's persistant furnace and on to the First Water Trailhead. I was on a mission and arrived at FW before 11:15 am. Steve was taking the scenic route  over the top of Black Mesa so his arrival was around 2:30 or so. The well deserved lunch at Tres Banderas had us all in good spirits, and I thank all who made this trip a possibility and also congrats to TahoeMike (a Supes virgin) and Agendron (an Arizona virgin) for surviving especially Agendron who did almost this entire hike with a broken waistbelt! wow...
Let's get together again guys and dolls- thanks for being a part of the Trans-Supes Spectacle!
More to come... stay tuned |
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