At 3:44 PM, I began my hike on the Bluff Spring Trail. It took me 23 minutes to reach the Cave Trail. That was 0.7 miles. From there, I hiked 2 miles to the Fremont Saddle. From the trailhead to the saddle had taken me 2 hours and 8 min. Next, I hiked down Peralta Canyon trail, and back to my car. I finished at 7:00 PM. My hike was a 5 mile loop, and it took me 3 hours and 16 minutes.
My hike up to the 3,195-foot summit of Temptation Peak took me 1 hour and 35 minutes. The round-trip hike was 3.9 miles, and it took me 3 hours and 6 minutes.
At North Usery Pass Road, I began my 1.8 mile hike to the 3,304-foot summit at 10:29 AM. It took me 1 hour and 6 minutes. From there I continued along the ridge to Wind Cave Trail, then to Pass Mountain Trail, and the Talon Trail. My 6.5 mile loop hike took me 4 hours and 32 minutes.
I began my 13.1 mile hike at 6:38 AM, at the Grandview Trailhead at 7,400 feet elevation. From there it was 3 miles to the Cottonwood Creek Trail junction on Horseshoe Mesa. It took me 2 hours and 13 minutes to get there. The elevation drop was about 2,516 feet. It was 8:52 AM, when I began hiking the Cottonwood Creek Trail to the Tonto Trail. That was 1.6 miles to the junction. At 10:06 AM, I had arrived at the Tonto Trail. From the trailhead it had taken me 3 hours and 27 minutes to get there. Then, I followed the Tonto Trail for 4.3 miles to the Hance Creek Trail. I arrived there at 12:32 PM. Next, was the steep hike up the Hance Creek Trail to Horseshoe Mesa where I had earlier cached 2 liters of water. That was 1.3 miles, and that took me 1 hour and 31 minutes. I gathered my water and began the hike up the Grandview Trail to the South Rim. It was 2:03 PM. At 5:55 PM, I finally stood on the South Rim. It had taken me 3 hours and 52 minutes to go 2.7 miles. My entire hike took me 11 hours and 18 minutes.
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| Grandview Trail |
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| My 13.1 mile hike. |
