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Rim to Highline
Day Hike
Mogollon Rim
August 13, 2005
by Ted Tenny
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A new book, Day Hikes & Trail Rides in Payson's Rim Country, by
Roger and Ethel Freeman, describes the second half of this hike on pages
114-115. Ted found their description accurate and helpful.
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All the weather forecasts called for scattered showers, so we watched the
clouds on our drive up to the Rim. When we got to Rim Top Trailhead the showers
had come and gone. It was partly cloudy with sparkling clean air and a light
breeze. 13 lighthearted hikers enjoyed this Mogollon Rim adventure —
Alan Parker,
Debbie M.,
Joe Michalides,
Stan Rader,
Nicol Liu,
Mike Andresen,
Sankar Gopal,
Jenni Jacobs,
Susan Miles,
Steve Rockwell,
Jon Filreis,
Clara Tenny,
and hike leader Ted Tenny.
The trail to the Rim was wet. We needed fancy footwork to get around the
puddles and ponds. Finally we made it past the water and were rewarded with a
glorious view from the top of the Mogollon Rim to much of central Arizona.
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The Rim Lakes Vista Trail is marked with white diamond signs nailed to the
tree trunks. Many trees were down, and some of the signs with them. But fewer
trees meant more open views. We enjoyed a series of overlooks where you can
walk right out on the boulders and have a bird's eye view of the mountains and
forests.
Two miles into the hike, we arrived at the Military Sinkhole Trailhead, a
popular picnic spot where the Military Sinkhole Trail crosses the Rim Lakes
Vista Trail. Some bicycle riders passed us on the way in. We wondered how they
would do on the wet trail.
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Previous club hikes had turned right on the Military Sinkhole Trail and
returned to Rim Top Trailhead. We turned left and stated downhill for Two Sixty
Trailhead instead.
For the first mile the trail goes downhill at an angle. We stopped for lunch
at a junction where the trail branches off to the right from a primitive road.
From there to the trailhead we went up and down hill as we crossed a series of
washes.
The hike ended suddenly as we went around a bend and found ourselves at Two
Sixty Trailhead. Everyone was in high sprits.
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