From: David E. DeLano (david.delano@cox.net)
Date: Fri Jul 12 2002 - 16:54:32 CDT
> How would you assess the route, having been
> there very recently? Was the trail juncture from Shaffer's Pass up to
> Black Mountain easy to find? Likewise for the trail down into Black
> Mountain Camp?
Bill,
The route was as good a trail as any. We didn't have any trouble finding it. You hang a right at Shaeffer's Pass and go a ways. After a while you come to a barrel on the left of the trail (is this Shaeffer's Spring??) and a trail branches off to the rig
ht again. After that you are pretty much home free to the top of the mountain. We questioned out location a couple of times, but checking the map put us right where we were supposed to be. At the top of the mountain there is a fork. I don't recall whe
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The way down is a good trail, though slippery when wet. I think the map shows 7 switch back of about a kilometer each. There were more than 7, though I don't recall how many (and I haven't downloaded my GPS data yet). The switchbacks are relatively stee
p.
The alternative to going over the mountain is to go around and up the river. I think this has something like 54 stream crossings. Being from AZ, we avoid such things when possible;-).
David DeLano
627H2
VC124, Phoenix, AZ
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