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| Hiking | 20.80 Miles |
2,831 AEG |
| | Hiking | 20.80 Miles | 9 Hrs 45 Mns | | 2.39 mph |
| 2,831 ft AEG | 1 Hour 3 Mns Break | 14 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | Joe and I did a longer loop out here 8 years ago that took in the Ridge benchmark and Frustrum #30. During the hike Davenport Peak stood out as an interesting destination.
We attempted to cross the Verde to cut out 7 miles of road walking. In Karl's 4runner, we made it through the 18"-24" deep first crossing without incident, but the 2nd crossing had a flow that was too strong to attempt. So we retreated to the Dam.
Linda, Karl, Joe and I started out in a brisk windless (finally) morning. The road walk went quickly with the banter and catching up with Linda and Karl.
On the Sears Trail Joe and I attempted to follow the cairned path that stayed out of the wash. Linda and Karl smartly just followed the wash. I tangled with a few Christmas Cholla that I am still paying for today.
Our cairns took us back to the wash and Linda/Karl, where the Sears Trail started it's steady climb. The trail is pretty easy to follow going through grassy landscape and crossing a few washes with unnamed running springs.
We jumped off the trail to follow a ridge that would take us to the eastern approach to Davenport Peak. The climb went from steep, to STEEP. Nothing too tough, just slow going.
We took our lunch at noon on top of the peak to great 360 views. It was a mostly windless and very clear for extended views.
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Getting down the west side also had it's steep moments, but again, nothing too crazy.
We ultimately made our way down into the flowing Davenport Wash. Pretty walking, clear water, interesting geology. There was quite a bit of evidence of some high flow events here with logs tangled in spots.
We made our way out of Davenport Wash through the interesting canyon area that Joe and I had taken before. I call these the Papago-Zatals. A fun area to play in for sure.
We hopped on the Davenport Wash Trail for the trek back to the truck.
A fun time in the western Mazzy's. Great to see Karl and Linda again (and Joe).
Finally some perfect weather to hike in. |
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| | | The wash was running the entire distance we were in it. Un able to tell were the spring source was | | _____________________
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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