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| Hiking | 12.81 Miles |
2,501 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.81 Miles | 6 Hrs 29 Mns | | 2.23 mph |
| 2,501 ft AEG | 44 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | 9L put together the plan for this easy 8-mile lasso loop shuttle peak adventure thinking it would be a reasonable warmup hike. Funny.
Sure, the aeg isn't too bad, but the miles might have been underestimated. I did tack on a few addons, checking out the springs we passed near.
The crest is in great condition trailwise. We had a red flag day and that hit us with some solid winds in excess of 30mph that was most impactful on the peaks and saddles. The rest of the day was quite enjoyable weatherwise. Except for the brief graupel shower that made the 0% chance of rain still be accurate.
It was nice to start at Long Park and fork the end to finish up at Rustler. After a brief separation from the others, I enjoyed a few minutes on what I'll call Anita Peak where I realized that from the crest you can see all the major sky island peaks in a single view: Chiricahua, Miller, Wrightson, Mica, Rincon, Lemmon, Bassett, and Graham. Pretty cool!
We had nice breaks on Flys and Chiri, and made a terrible mistake attempting to get to Headquarters Spring. No idea what shape Ojo Agua Fria is in, but after the HQ there was no desire to put in the effort to get there.
A few miles more than planned, but we made it back to camp in time to prepare for the bizarre trogonistas. |
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Anita Spring |
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| | | Clear cold water in the spring box, and a steady drip coming in and flowing out. |
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Booger Spring |
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| | | Difficult to determine actual flow. No water in the old concrete springbox. Spring source itself is enclosed with a heavy concrete lid that can be removed to reveal a 30" deep cistern full of clear cold water. |
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Headquarters Spring - Chiricahua |
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| | | Just a little bit of mud and a small puddle below the old metal spring box. Not worth the deadfall hell it took to get there. | | _____________________
| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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