HIKE THE BROWN CANYON TRAIL
Join the Muleteam this Saturday for a hike through a unique and scenic wooded canyon in the Huachuca Mountains. This trail has some long uphill sections and part follows a running creek making a roundtrip of about 6 miles. Bring water and lunch, back mid-afternoon. Dogs welcome with leash. Meet November 7 at 9 a.m. by the Old Bisbee courthouse fountain (compliance with City mask policy required), but no carpooling from the courthouse at this time. Alternatively meet at Brown Canyon Ranch at 9:45 a.m. The Forest Service is now charging an $8 per car fee for parking at Brown Canyon Ranch. Fee waived if you display a Coronado National Forest or Interagency pass (America the Beautiful, Golden Age, etc.); else deposit envelope with cash or check. For more details contact Laura at 206-715-6589 or mssmithlg@aol.com.
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BACKTRACK - Mule Ridge Loop
The Muleteam's 2020-2021 season is off to a great start. Last week's inaugural hike (Laura's Loop) was a good, not-too-difficult intro. Today's Mule Mountain Ridge Trail hike took it up a notch, but was still a good easy start for the season. We had 15 Mules, which happily included a couple of newbies, on a picture-perfect day with unsurpassed views of the mountains and downtown, plus glimpses of Warren and Mexico. We all respected masks and distancing, and returned home to civilization (if that's what you call Bisbee) in time for a late lunch. - Doug
CALENDAR
Nov 14 - McEntee Drop/Grand Canyon of the Mules with Steve
Nov 21 - Ridge Trail to Juniper Flats with Susan
Nov 28 - ?
Dec 5 - ?
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Keep on trekking,
Elizabeth
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Hi, I've hiked twice last season with the Muleteam. You are a great bunch of hikers. I am interested in the Nov 14th hike to McEntee Drop. Is that the same canyon also known as Sandy Bob? I would love to join you gals and guys and invite some of my friends from Sierra Vista. Is that OK?
ReplyDeleteOf course you are all welcome to join us! Please look for the hike description which will be posted soon. In the meantime, for your specific questions about Sandy Bob, you may contact the hike leader, Stephen Sklarow, at 432-7770 or sss@theriver.com.
ReplyDeleteSome additional information from Stephen:
ReplyDelete"According to the maps the canyon the hiking community calls Sandy Bob is NOT the canyon that the maps identify as "Sandy Bob". There seems to be a lot of confusion as to where "Sandy Bob" canyon is located.
The hike planned for Saturday, Nov 14,McEntee drop (N31.50121° W109.97611°) skirts the l large canyon I have called "Grand Canyon", also known as "Box Canyon" (although it is not a box canyon!). In fact, depending on how many people show up and their willingness, I had thought about including a short trip to what we have called "Sandy Bob Drop" (N31.50870° W109.96746°). If we decide to do this we will park in a different place shaving about 2.2 miles off the front end of the hike and adding it back in the added portion to Sandy Bob. Please call me or email me for further questions."
Stephen
Thanks for the info, Elizabeth. I posted this additional info to the SV Hikers group but no one has confirmed going besides me, although at least four others were interested when I mentioned this on Sunday. I'm definitely going and am bringing my mellow dog Zeke, a black 9yo shepherd-collieX. He's been on the other hikes I've done with the Muleteam.
ReplyDeleteI will meet you gals and guys at the trailhead up Junipter Flats.