Lane Mtn - Milk Ranch - Willow Springs Loop Photoset • joebartels • 2014-06-28 • HikeArizona.COM

Lane Mtn - Milk Ranch - Willow Springs Loop, AZ

	2014-06-28
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Lane Mtn - Milk Ranch - Willow Springs Loop, AZ

Hiking	21.00 Miles	4,800 AEG

Hiking	21.00 Miles	11 Hrs 30 Mns		2.21 mph
	4,800 ft AEG	2 Hrs Break	14 LBS Pack

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Lane Mountain Trail #233

Willow Creek Trail #236 - Prescott NF

Watson Peak - Bradshaw Mountains

South Fort - Castle Creek Wilderness

Partners

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The_Eagle

Carried 5 quarts, consumed all. Slightly shocked I had ice after almost 12 hour of hiking. My ultralight pack isn't well insulated. It typically melts the frozen solid three quart bladder in four hours when it's hot. Maybe got to 90 degrees which is about the limit for Bruce. We took more breaks than usual. Which is a-okay by me!

This is our 3rd varied loop with the Lane Mountain Trail. I'm a fan of the area due to the views and close proximity to the Valley. Most would prefer this loop in March or November temps verse June. While I don't seek the solitude of most it does make you think.

Lane Mountain Trail #233
Good shape. Plastic pipe that followed the trail last year is now gone.

Willow Springs Trail #236
Slightly overgrown. Despite dozens of catclaw gauntlets I didn't get any notable scratches. Did use my umbrella to work through some of the turnstiles.

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Wooden Dwelling

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Castle Creek Wilderness Lane Spring Sullivan Spring

Wildflowers Observation Light
most notably was some penstemon in the corral at Milk Ranch

	Lane Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Bruce said it looked good to filter and a nice trickle at the source. At the defunct trough it was a drip or a two a minute so go back to the source. It is not a bushwhack. It is located on a wall around bushes to the right.

	Lion Spring	Dry	Dry
	We still haven't crawled through the brush to see if there is a spring box in the overgrowth. Dry at the trail, it's supposed to be pretty close.

Mormon Tank

Dry

	Sullivan Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Trickle, small catch takes a few minutes to find. Looked like a fair reliable source based on one major rain spell 4 months ago.

	Willow Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Bruce said it was disgusting and looked like animals dug for it. He filtered a quart. It looked horrible and smelled worse than an overrun Forest Service outhouse.

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- joe

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