Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
Hardscrabble Mesa Day Hike
| when? |
Saturday, April 9, 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
spring flowers
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,
Upland, 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 |
| 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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