China Camp

HIKE TO CHINA CAMP
Join the Muleteam this Saturday, January 27th, for a hike in the Dragoon Mountains on an old mining road with wonderful views. This hike will be moderate uphill to the camp ruins and down the same way for a little more than 5 miles total. Bring water and lunch. Dogs welcome. Back late afternoon. Meet January 27 at 9am by the Old Bisbee Courthouse fountain to carpool (over an hour each way). Free, but gas donation is appreciated. For more details contact Brad at (520) 432-2476 or bradward.j3@juno.com.

For hikers who want more background, the primitive and barely driveable forest road to the camp ruins is FR 697 leaving from the Middlemarch Road, FR 345, at an unmarked spot with an open area for vehicle parking, which should accommodate about half a dozen. There is a break in the fence along the road, through which vehicles are easily driven to reach the parking. This open area is about 1 3/4 miles on Middlemarch Road beyond where the road to the Slavin Gulch TH, FR 687, branches off from the Middlemarch Road. The setting for old China Camp is a small wooded bowl with a spring, concrete foundations, and a small canyon draining the bowl from the spring down. The bowl is entered through a major road cut of greater size than the old road merits today.

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BACKTRACK - Patio Peak

We had a total of 13 hikers and one dog braving the dreaded Patio Peak trail.  It is dreaded because of the steep, rocky trail and confusing footpaths. This leader made an effort to mark the trail prior to the hike, but none the less had two intersection that proved challenging. The temperature was perfect and the sky cloudy.  Two hikers went part way and 11 made it to the summit where we lunched on the patio (ok, not really a patio but a very small slab of concrete). We enjoyed a good workout and good company.  - Sandy

More photos at Photos 2023-24. Try adding your own. 

Past seasons: Photos 2022-23 - Photos 2021-22

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CALENDAR 2023-2024

FEBRUARY

3 - Miller Canyon to Parlermee ruins in the Huachucas with Jan

10 - San Pedro river: Little Boquillas ranch and beyond to the old car with Ken

17 - Sandoval family cross in the Mule Mtns with Lindsay

24 - Mt Ballard in the Mule Mtns with Deb

MARCH

2 - Guindani Trail in the Whetstones with Monica

9 - Juniper Flats in the Mule Mtns from divide to towers with Brad

16 - Fairbank hike and San Pedro riverside picnic with Doug

23 - Council Rocks in the Dragoons with Carol

30 - Hunter Canyon Loop in the Huachucas with Jim Poulin

APRIL

5-7 - Picacho Peak hike and campout with Sandy and Molly

13 - Old Bisbee art stairs with Larry

20 - Parker Canyon Lake and optional Sonoita wine tasting with Doug

27 - Miller Peak in the Huachucas with Carol

MAY

4 - Carr House hike & presentation in the Huachucas with Mike Foster

11 - Coronado Cave and season end potluck with Doug