Mazatzal Divide

  • AZT 2020 Day 18, March 26, Thursday
  • Start Saddle Mountain mile 396 (passage22mile9.4)
  • End mile 422.9, down from rocky ridge (passage25mile19.7)
  • Miles walked: 26.9

On Sheep Creek Trail are some little ravines cut by a creek, often not wide enough at the bottom for a creek and a trail, so they have to share. Sometimes it widens a bit, with an isolated stand of tall pine trees where all nearby plants are no taller than a shrub.

We are now half-way done on this 800 mile trail!

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Roosevelt Lake

  • AZT 2020 Day 16, March 24, Tuesday
  • Start mile 342.4 forest road 341 (passage19mile23.5)
  • End mile 366 near junction to Bear Spring (passage20mile17.9)
  • Miles walked: 23.6

Road and trail lead me to Roosevelt Lake, a man-made reservoir on the Salt River.

I do not go down to the marina for snacks or resupply, for “social distancing”. Next is walking on a suspension bridge, near the dam at the outlet of the lake.

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