Thursday, March 21, 2024

Arizona Trail from Picket Post Trailhead

We drove to the Picket Post Trailhead, west of Globe AZ to do a day hike heading south on the Arizona Trail. Our hike was 7.25 miles round trip with 700 ft of overall gain. Lots of wildflowers along the trail today!

We started early while the day was still cool.

Tall saguaro cacti 

sunrising behind Picket Post

field full of lupine and hyacinth 

more  lupine and hyacinth 

view from the side of Picket Post as we continued down the trail

some blossoms on the top of an ocotillo

view to the north with Weavers Needle and the Superstition Mountains in the far distance

zoom towards Weavers Needle

Lots of prickly pear cacti along the trail


poppies and hyacinth 

More views before turning back
some views on our way back with the sun higher in the sky

fun day!

more cacti

some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today:

   

 

  

 


 


 

 






 

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