Bursera Gila loop Photoset • LindaAnn • 2020-09-25 • HikeArizona.COM

Bursera Gila loop, AZ

	2020-09-25
	1 by LindaAnn

Bursera Gila loop, AZ

Hiking	4.36 Miles	1,090 AEG

Hiking	4.36 Miles	1 Hour 56 Mns	2.27 mph
	1,090 ft AEG	1 Min Break

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Bursera Canyon

Bursera Trail - South Mountain

Gila Trail - South Mountain

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So. Much. Sunlight. Now that the kids are getting back into something resembling a normal school schedule, I had to shift my start back a few hours. I had gotten spoiled with the pre-dawn hikes, so starting around 0730 will take some getting used to. Started from Pyramid, then west on the new (still unnamed) trail that connects over to Bursera Canyon along the base of the ridge. Hot. No breeze. Melting was a real possibility. I trudged up Bursera Canyon, then east on Bursera to the high point where I connected down to Gila via the connector. West on Gila to where I cut the loop short at the mine with the long entrance. There’s a trail that crosses the wash and connects up to Bursera just before it starts going back uphill heading east. Back down Bursera Canyon and the unnamed trail back to the trailhead. Saw one roadrunner, a few squirrels, and not much else.

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Stop crying and just go do the hike.

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