We both had on our warm jackets and hats, but it warmed up pretty quickly. We took Jacob’s Crosscut Trail and connected to the Treasure Loop Trail.
Tobey spotted “hole in the rock” as we made our way up the trail. It was much smaller than the one in Phoenix!
Continuing on, we made our way to the Prospector’s View junction. It was beautiful!
Rather than head back down the mountain on Treasure Loop we headed further up the mountain. We weren’t quite sure which way the trail went, but we continued on!
We met a young woman hiking with her dad (from Iowa) and visited with them a while as we all headed further up the mountain.
After making our way around these tall spires, there wasn’t a very well marked trail, so … Tobey and I bushwhacked our way down the mountain!
My brave husband led the way. It was really steep in some areas and I was pretty nervous.
He led us down and we were able to reconnect with the Treasure Loop Trail and make our way back to the campsite.
Two and a half hours and 3.6 miles later, we were home! We had about 850 feet elevation gain today. Both of us had tired feet and were happy to have lunch and relax.
Late this afternoon, we took another “walk” on the Discovery Trail – about 1.6 miles round trip. It helped us stretch those muscles and it was beautiful to see the Superstitions!
Looking to the north toward Roosevelt Lake, we could see a small rain squall but it wasn’t heading in our direction.
There were several hiker/biker campsites along the trail, as well as the coyote sundial. It was pretty accurate – almost 4pm!
Close to 6pm, the sun was starting to set and cast beautiful light on the mountains.
We had another beautiful sunset.
It was a great day and we plan to relax this evening and decide if we will hike again tomorrow!
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