Battleship Mountain - Superstition Mountains

I began my hike at 8:13 AM at First Water Trailhead. It then took me 40 minutes to reach the junction of the Black Mesa Trail. Then at 9:41 AM, I arrived at  Boulder Canyon. From there I followed the Boulder Canyon Trail to the junction of a trail heading up Battleship Mountain. It had taken me 2 hours and 17 minutes to get there. At 12:16 PM, I arrived at the 2,797-foot summit. It had taken me 4 hours and 3 minutes. I headed back down at 12:52 PM. I reached Second Water Trail at 2:55 PM. Then I arrived at my car at 4:25 PM. My hike was 11.8 miles round-trip, and it took me 8 hours and 11 minutes.

Battleship Mountain - Superstition Mountains

This was my second time to the 2,797-foot summit of Battleship Mountain. At 6 AM, I began my hike at First Water Trailhead, and followed Second Water Trail to Boulder Canyon. It was 3.6 miles to Boulder Canyon, and it took me 1 hour and 26 minutes. From there I hiked 1.2 miles southeast down Boulder Canyon where a trail went up the mountain. At this junction I was 4.7 miles from the trailhead, and I had been hiking for 2 hours and 12 minutes. At 10:12 AM, I reached the summit, and I was 5.9 miles from the trailhead. By the time I returned to my car it was 2:35 PM. My hike was 12.1 miles round-trip, and it took me 8 hours and 34 minutes.

 

The class 3 climb.

My 12.1 mile hike.