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| John, Jerry, Nancy and her son Matt pre-hiked Dove Mountain Trails |
It was a little cold in the morning but soon warmed up to be a beautiful day.
John and Jerry started at the Flags at the Hotel, with Nancy and Matt. Then they went down by the hotel where they found some petroglyphs. The Ritz Hotel made a viewpoint for the petroglyphs using an iron pipe. From there they found the trailhead to the Lower Javelina then the Wild Burro and headed up to Alamo Springs Spur Trail. They followed the Spur Trail until the Alamo Springs trail, which took them to Alamo Springs, where they had lunch. From there they headed down the Wild Burro Trail and back to the Trailhead. Nancy and Matt met them about 1/2 hour later than them, at Alamo Springs for Lunch. Later Nancy and Matt met them again at the Stone House and all four returned to the Trailhead.
John's photos from this hike. - Pictures not in order
Prehike for Long Hike - Nancy and Matt started their hike at the Hotel Spur Trail. It is very important to pay attention to these trails because some of them return you to the Hotel.
From the Hotel Spur Trail, we (Nancy and Matt), turned left onto Upper Javelina. Then went straight to the Upper Javelina Spur Trail toward the Wild Mustang. We followed Wild Mustang. Upper Javelina, Upper Javelina Spur and Wild Mustang all increase in elevation. At 3.5 miles we had hiked up about 1300 ft of elevation gain.
We hiked downhill and uphill for another half mile, then hiked downhill until Alamo Springs. There are beautiful views of the landscape including Mount Lemmon with snow.
We had lunch at Alamo Springs at 12:40. After lunch we decided to hike the Alamo Springs Trail to the Alamo Springs Spur Trail.
Once down in the wash, we come to the Wild Burro Trail Sign. We turned immediately right and up a bank to the stone house where we can take pictures. There is also a stone and cement water reservoir; both were built by a rancher.
From here we followed the Wild Burro Trail down the wash until we see to the right, the trail marker that leads onto a trail. We could have gone on the Lower Javelina but decided not to this time. The Wild Burro Trail goes by rocks that have a little Petroglyph, we missed it the first time, until John took us back to see it.
The All Trail only shows us going part way down the wash because I shut it off because Jerry took us up by the Hotel to show us the Petroglyphs they had discovered. Will be a 9 miles hike.
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| Snip of All Trails |
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| Looking back from Trailhead |
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