Sagebrush personal hiking blog
From camp the trail climbs up to a saddle, and one can look back on the east Canelo Hills.
The trail altitude profile shows a gradual descent into town, but the up-and-down rolling hills take a lot more effort than expected.
Descending the Huachaca Mountains, I meet “Bruise”, Vince, and “Lucy Lulu”.
Farewell to the vistas from the Huachacas, as we follow Parker Canyon down to the Canelo Hills, to 5k elevation.
We pass several streams, pools, and one lake, and the ground is often wet from a recent rain. Vegetation turns to pine forest, and then mixed conifer shrubs and mountain mahogany.
I meet “Butterfy” in the afternoon, a lot faster than me, but we end up camping near each other as the day ends early with rain, that continues through most of the night.
Trail angel Scott (“Train” AT2012 AZT2017) picks me up at Tuscon Airport and we stop on the way to the trailhead for burritos in Sierra Vista. It is a tradition he has with hikers, and he says that hikers that skip the burrito tend to not finish the trail.
He drops me off at the visitor’s center to Coronado National Monument, and I walk 4 miles to the border marker to start the trail
