This won't be anything like the normal and exciting "Chiva Falls Run". This will be even better. We'll be entering and exiting the area in different ways. Add to that the Lower then Upper Tanque Verde Trails and we have ingredients for a real winner!
We'll be entering the area via the north on FR4417. One trek, most of you have never been on. Great views of Mica Mountain abound. It makes for a good warm-up trail for what's to come.
When we hit the FR4426/4417 junction we'll take 4426 to FR4405 where the fun begins. This is the start of the lower loop. The lower loop climbs and decends three peaks until it finally ends up down in the wash.
Once in the wash there's some rocky areas, sand, and maybe some mud.
Then comes the climb out....the start of the upper loop.
Keep climbing:
Fun stretches:
Then comes the difficult downhill above Chiva Falls:
Then we'll head to the Falls:
Then it's back out and to the main trail:
When we again hook up with FR4426 we'll run it until FR4417 though this time we'll exit via the main NW route. Eventually we'll get the Three Feather's where it's pick your route.
Left side (very difficult):
Right side (difficult and very risky body damage wise):
Or, up the center (moderate):
And after Three Feathers there's one more optional climb out...FUN:
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DATE: April 4th...my Birthday Present Run!
MEETING TIME: 9 AM with an absolute pull-out time of 9:15
MEETING PLACE: McDonalds parking lot...Tanque Verde and Catalina Highway (NE Tucson)(Map shown in another post)
TRIP RATING: Mostly a 3.0 with some optional 3.5 spots and two optional 4.0 spots
BRUSH: Usually is light to very light
TRIP TIME: About 5-hours though it could be a bit longer if me make time for added play and/or have a larger group.
CB CHANNEL: 7
THERE IS A DINNER/OVERNIGHT STAY OPTION ON THIS TRIP!
We'll be at the famous Lil' Abner's Steakhouse (2 miles away from I-10) at 6:30 PM for dinner (steak, chicken, and ribs...the best we've ever had!). At 7:30 the Arizona Dancehands play as they have for 50-years. Yes, Dean's played at Ab's for over 50-years! So come on out for dinner and live music! Check out Don Johnson on the Orange Blossom Special. Don's a 1956 National Fiddle Champ!
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After dinner you could stay at one of 4 affordable hotels at I-10 and Cortaro Road then make the trip back home on Sunday, OR GO OUT WITH US ON ANOTHER RUN INSTEAD! Details to the hotels to follow!
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