|
View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
EVENT DETAILS
Event Coordinator Shawn |
Posted: 4/5/2009, 7:50 pm Post subject: AZT Segment 22, down hill, Mt Peeley to Sunflower |
|
|
I'm thinking of doing this next Sunday, April 12. Anyone want to come along? ~16 miles, mostly down hill, will plan an early start.
PM me if interested. |
|
oliverr99
Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 632 Location: Glendale
|
Posted: 4/9/2009, 6:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Can I only do the 12.5 miles? I could park my car at that ending point, and ride with someone to the beginning point? Is that possible? _________________ Anne
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -- Dr. Seuss |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
|
Posted: 4/9/2009, 6:09 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Works for me, it's not far out of the way setting up the shuttle. _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
beckett
Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1066
|
Posted: 4/9/2009, 6:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I won't be going on this one after all. I didn't realize when the post first started that it was Easter. Have fun! I think I will be a shorter hike later in the afternoon.
Linda _________________ "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
-- Walter Winchell, American newspaper commentator |
|
Back to top |
|
|
oliverr99
Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 632 Location: Glendale
|
Posted: 4/9/2009, 6:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Ok, I will join in on the fun! (unless something weird happens to me, which usually sometimes does) I will park at the Cross F trailhead and ride with someone to beginning. If anyone wants to do the same with me, no problem! I will see you at Wendy's at 7 a.m. Thanks! _________________ Anne
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -- Dr. Seuss |
|
Back to top |
|
|
windymesa
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 76 Location: Peoria, Arizona
|
Posted: 4/10/2009, 8:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I would go, but I am still pulling New Mexico Locust thorns out of my thighs and private parts from passage #23. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
|
Posted: 4/10/2009, 8:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Oh, come on along, GPS Joe says this is smooth sailing. _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
gpsjoe
Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 535 Location: Mesa AZ
|
Posted: 4/10/2009, 12:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
windymesa wrote: |
I would go, but I am still pulling New Mexico Locust thorns out of my thighs and private parts from passage #23. |
Oh yes, these trails are very clean. Minor slowing will occur as you hike the stream bed on the last half mile of the Thicket Srping trail and again about 1.5 miles into the Little Saddle mountain trail where there might be some minor bushwhacking involved if no one has cleared the trail over growth since I was there. My guess is that 95 percent of the total mileage is totally clean trail and a lot of that would be a trail runners delight.
After the fire these trails have become my favorite hiking area in the Mazatzals and I highly recommend them. There are 5 or 6 different hikes from Mt. Peeley, Mormon Grove and Cross F trialheads described on HAZ and I highly recommend all of them.
After about a mile on the Little Saddle Mountain trail be aware there is a left turn off the old closed road you are hiking on. It would be easy to miss that one and continue down the road. Hopefully someone has put better cairns or markers there. _________________ Become a skilled GPS user and it will set you free! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
oliverr99
Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 632 Location: Glendale
|
Posted: 4/10/2009, 3:38 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Does anyone have a cell # I could call on Sunday morning just in case? Thanks! _________________ Anne
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -- Dr. Seuss |
|
Back to top |
|
|
oliverr99
Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 632 Location: Glendale
|
Posted: 4/11/2009, 7:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Are we still on for this? Just checking. _________________ Anne
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -- Dr. Seuss |
|
Back to top |
|
|
desertgirl
Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ
|
Posted: 4/11/2009, 7:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I think I am still on -- I am awaiting a PM back fromn George on meeting up and driving out to Beeline /Shea meeting point.
If I do not hear back from him then I am planning on being there at 7:00 am. _________________ Photos: http://www.pbase.com/desertgirl/galleries
Life is but a dream ...there is no end to what you can dream! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shawn I'll sell you map to Lost Dutchman mine!
Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 2592 Location: Ahwatukee, AZ
|
Posted: 4/11/2009, 8:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I'm planning to be there! _________________ The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
azhiker96
Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1419
|
Posted: 4/11/2009, 8:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I just got off the phone with Ambika. We're meeting in the morning and will be at the Wendy's ready to leave there at 7a. _________________ It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -- Carl Sagan |
|
Back to top |
|
|
oliverr99
Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 632 Location: Glendale
|
Posted: 4/11/2009, 9:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
See ya all in the am! _________________ Anne
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -- Dr. Seuss |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Tom Treks Gear Addict
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347
|
Posted: 4/12/2009, 11:03 am Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
Got a call this morning from George. I guess Shawn put his truck into a ditch on the way to the start trailhead... Major bummer.
The roads sound like they're pretty mucky-muck from the rains yesterday.
They have a tow truck on the way, and everyone is safe. Good thing...
I'm sure they will all expound with the details later. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
oliverr99
Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 632 Location: Glendale
|
Posted: 4/12/2009, 4:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
I am home. We are fine, we just cut the trail to 6 miles. _________________ Anne
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" -- Dr. Seuss |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Back to top
|
|