Picketpost Mountain
[Part of a series of beyond the page info of the hikes covered in Day and Overnight Hikes in the Tonto National Forest.]
This hike shares the same trailhead as the Alamo Canyon hike, but I put the two hikes in different sections because of the very different altitudes. Briefly, you can hike Picketpost in late spring or early fall - but you would roast in Alamo Canyon.
HIKE DATE: 21 Feb 2008
COMPANIONS: None.
START TIME: 12:20pm
END TIME: 5:15 pm
ACTUAL MILEAGE: 4.45 miles
I wrote the description for non-climbers - meaning those who do not own harnesses and practice obscure European mountaineering knots of their coffee breaks. If you are such a climber, you may find my level of caution kinda cute.
I was, however, happy to have a collapsible hiking stick, because I had no spare hand for it going up the slope proper.My advice about using your butt as a brake on the way down: GAFDE.
Now to keep a longstanding pronise to myself: If you can tell me what I wrote in the logbook in the mailbox on top of the mountain, I will - at my expense - send you a free copy of the book. Get climbing!
Tags: GAFDE, high places, logbook, peaks, Picketpost Mountain