Mazatzal Peak Summit Photoset • BiFrost • 2021-05-22 • HikeArizona.COM

Mazatzal Peak Summit, AZ

	2021-05-22
	8 by BiFrost

Mazatzal Peak Summit

Payson, AZ

Mazatzal Peak Summit

Payson, AZ

Hiking	12.42 Miles	3,974 AEG

Hiking	12.42 Miles	7 Hrs 45 Mns	1.60 mph
	3,974 ft AEG

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Barnhardt Trail #43

Y Bar Trail #44

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John9L

Fun to do this loop again. It’s been a few years but we had the old track and it followed pretty much the same as before. Taking the Y Bar trail to the saddle we continued off trail up the east ridge. Some sporty scrambles on the ridge keep things interesting but we made the summit before lunch. Took a break and then continued down the north slope to a cool lunch spot in the pines. After lunch we followed the route down the drainage on the west side which has the most sporty off trail scrambling of the hike. Really enjoyed the rocky slabs and poor offs that we hiked around. Some small occasional pools of water that would be fine for filtering if needed. Eventually we hit the Barnhardt Trail and then it was just an easy cruise back out to the trailhead. Very cool to do this hike again and good one to hit every couple of years!

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