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Past Trips
| Location: Granite
Mountain |
Distance from Flagstaff: 85
miles |
| Trip Leader: Brad Cooke |
| People on hike: Nate,
Greg, Sharon, Brad |
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This was a last minute
hike because weather kept us from making it to Durango. It is only
4.1 miles to the top but the trail is great. We hiked up this valley
around the face of the mountain and went up switchbacks to the pass.
From there we hiked back over to the top of the mountain. Because
it was such a short hike we made it to the top early and had tons
of daylight to explore in. We wandered around and found a place
to set up camp but later changed our minds and moved to another
spot. The top is cool because it has exposed granite slabs and you
can walk around to the edge of the mountain. We watched a climber
top out and watched the sun go down. Our camp was right on a granite
slab and our kitchen was in between a couple of huge boulders. A
skunk visited us at night and found some crackers before wandering
by the heads of Nate and Greg. In the morning we got up and headed
down making it back to Flagstaff early.
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