Join the Muleteam this Saturday for a hike along Zacatecas Canyon and into the Mule Mountains with views of town and the recent burned area. Loop trail is about 3 total miles with some uphill areas and rough footing. Bring water and a dish to share for an optional potluck lunch after the hike. Back early afternoon. Meet Dec 15 at 9am by the Old Bisbee courthouse fountain to carpool. Free. For more details contact Charlie at charles.winters@oneonta.edu or 607-435-5041.
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Meet at the fountain to carpool or go directly to Charlie & Marty's house to drop off potluck dishes and begin the hike. The address is 232 Brewery Gulch. For those who may want to come to the potluck only, the hikers should be returning about 11am. Bring a friend.
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BACKTRACK - Mt Ballard
Eight hikers and two dogs began the hike on a cold morning of mostly blue skies but where a lot of low clouds hovered around higher peaks. No clouds were low enough to cover our destination, but our views from the top looked down on high ground that was obscured in some directions by clouds. This demonstrates that clouds can be kept in existence by other conditions than elevation alone. Temperatures warmed up by the time we had our lunch, to where only a little added clothing made us comfortable enough that lunch was not at all a hurried affair. Our break was brightened by some scintillating conversation about, among other topics, details of Homer's Iliad and observances of Hanukkah in the United States. On the way back down, some of the steeper sections of the trail descending just below the top of the highest ridge on its north side, were muddy enough to make the trail slippery enough to be tricky where damp dirt and large rocks were mixed in sequence. No one was in a mood to get organized into a side party to Fissure Peak, so everyone arrived back at the trailhead within a few minutes of each other around 1:30 PM, making for a total time of about 4 hours including lunch. This is somewhat less time than easier hikes we do of twice the length but a lot less elevation change. Partly what makes this hike a lot more challenging for hikers who believe only how little time a hike of such short length should take, is that difficulty depends at least as much on steepness of climb as on distance alone. - Brad
Elizabeth took a 360˚ photo at this link - rebrand.ly/MtBallard
CALENDAR
Dec 22 - Hike to the Cross above Bisbee with Jan
Dec 29 - Joe's Canyon in the Huachucas with Joe
Jan 5 - Mural Hill in the Mule Mtns with Larry
Jan 12 - Parker Lake & wine tasting with John W
Jan 19 - Florida Canyon trail in Mt Wrightson wilderness with Steve
Jan 26 - Little Boquillas ranch with Sandy & Ken
Feb 2 - ?
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Larry
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