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azhiker96
Joined: 05 Jan 2003 Posts: 1419
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Posted: 11/24/2011, 4:13 pm Post subject: Picketpost Mtn 11/25/11 |
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It sounds like the Western Supes are going to be a zoo due to the plane wreck, recovery efforts, and lookie loos. So for a post Thanksgiving calorie burn I plan on hiking Picketpost tomorrow.
I haven't been on the trail for a few years so I can't vouch for it. I do recall a spot or two that might be touchy for those with acrophobia. It is a good burn though and the mailbox on top is unique.
If you'd like to go, plan on meeting at the trailhead for a 9am start. From Phoenix, head East on 60 towards Superior/Globe. You will see a sign for the trailhead just before you reach Boyce Thompson arboretum. Turn right and follow the road to the trailhead. I think you might have to make a left on a dirt road just before you get to the trailhead. If you're unsure, print out the directions from HAZ.
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wanderingsoul
Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 2285 Location: Gilbert AZ
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Posted: 11/26/2011, 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Sounded nice George, hope you had a good time and maybe someone joined you. It was a Beautiful day to be out !
Couldn't make it, On-call this weekend and didn't get on site till today, so I'd have missed it, even if not On-call.
Only did this one once and would have considered again. It is a unique little hike with the PO box at top. That was an interesting idea and you get a full view from the top.
The big boulder part is the one place that I have to figure out best way to scramble up and over. Last time Tony gave me a hand up.
Yes, Very Sad about the Plane crash day before Thanksgiving. Can't even imagine the pain the families are going through. When the news said the Sups, I wondered where thinking it somewhere far in, but then mentioned Flat Iron and was stunned...somewhere so close
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and hope the pain they are feeling will lessen as quickly as possible. This has to be devestating. _________________ Wanderingsoul (Michelle)
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Trishness The Snake Charmer
Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 2530 Location: Apache Jct, AZ
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Posted: 11/27/2011, 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds great George and I saw your pics....gorgeous day!
I did a variation (figure of Hackberry with some off trail adventure on Saturday and didn't see a whole lot of peeps on this trail. However there were many lookie loos out on the road to FW......15 cars at the Crosscut TH (I've never seen that many there before!!!) and all kinds of people pulled off the road watching the helicopters.
I just went along my merry way along Hackberry and thought of the families involved with that plane crash......siliently prayed for them.
TT _________________ ~~~Trish~~~
"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." � J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings. |
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tibber
Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 247 Location: Phoenix
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Posted: 11/27/2011, 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Trish said:
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didn't see a whole lot of peeps |
that's cuz they're in your freezer waiting for Aravaipa _________________ Angela from N Phoenix |
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