Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
Hardscrabble Mesa Day Hike
| when? |
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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| where? |
Pine
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| the hike |
Passage 26 of the Arizona Trail will take us east across Hardscrabble Mesa
to Pine Ridge and then down to Oak Spring Canyon, Bradshaw Tank and The Narrows
as we wind our way over to Pine Trailhead.
Watch for autumn foliage as we pass through Zane Gray country.
This hike is described on pages 86-87, 119-120 and 122 of
Day Hikes and Trail Rides in Payson’s Rim Country
by Roger and Ethel Freeman,
Gem Guides,
Baldwin Park, CA, 2005.
This hike is described on pages 206-211 of
Arizona Trail: The Official Guide
by Tom Jones and Jerry Sieve,
Westcliffe Publishers,
Boulder, CO, 2005.
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| distance |
10 1/2 miles |
| EC |
+1200'-1700' elevation change |
| elevations |
6240' (Pine Ridge) to 5165' (Oak Spring) |
| hike rating |
"B"
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| time |
7-8 hours |
| type |
one way |
| starting at |
| Hardscrabble Mesa |
34° 22.236' N, 111° 32.628' W [NAD27]
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| ending at |
| Pine Trailhead |
34° 22.463' N, 111° 26.569' W [NAD27]
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|
| on trail |
100% — Arizona Trail, Passage #26 |
| dogs? |
no |
| cost |
When car-pooling, pay your share the cost of gas. The
club also allows voluntary contributions of $1/member or $3/non-member. |
| weather |
Payson |
| leader |
Call or email the leader to confirm.
|
| meet |
7:00 AM in the parking lot of the Target Center on the south
side of Shea Blvd., about a mile west of Highway 87 (Beeline).
For those leaving their cars behind, please park up against
the north curb away from Target.
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| drive |
85 miles from Target Center to Hardscrabble Mesa.
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