Skull Mesa from Spur Cross TH Photoset • lwbenso • 2016-03-05 • HikeArizona.COM

Skull Mesa from Spur Cross TH, AZ

	2016-03-05
	3 by lwbenso

Skull Mesa from Spur Cross TH

Phoenix, AZ

Skull Mesa from Spur Cross TH

Phoenix, AZ

Backpack	11.80 Miles	2,500 AEG

Backpack	11.80 Miles	27 Hrs 9 Mns	1.54 mph
	2,500 ft AEG

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Skull Mesa Ruins

Cave Creek Cave

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Did this backpacking trip with the Arizona&Beyond Hiking and Backpacking group from meetup.com. Decently challenging hike with a heavy pack on, if only using a day pack I don't think it would be so bad. The top of the mesa is beautiful, especially if you bushwhack over to one of the edges overlooking the city/valley. There were streams of water early on in the hike (couple miles or so), after that I think it would be pretty hard to find filterable water. Temps were very manageable, with only a light jacket on in the evening to keep warm. We went to find the ruins, easy if you have the GPS coordinates logged - hard if you are just walking in the general direction. They are a good 4 or 5 miles out once you get to the top of the mesa.

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