We woke up to another beautiful sunny day with a forecast high of 70F (21C). Today we were hiking Siphon Draw trail in the Superstition Mountains starting from the Lost Dutchman State Park parking lot. It's only a 10-minute drive from here. A group of 22 people headed out from the park at 9:30 am. Siphon Draw trail is a 2-mile hike (one way) with a big change in elevation. Nine of us including myself went to the end of the trail and came back. The other 13 people went one mile further to the top of the mountain which is called Flat Iron. This last mile is very challenging and very risky. David was one of the 13 who climbed up. I hadn't come prepared to try it so I didn't. The elevation at the start of the trail is 2,084 feet and at the top on Flat Iron, the elevation is 4,684 feet.. a change of 2,600 feet in elevation in a distance of three miles. David forgot to take the camera with him so I don't have any pictures but we are expecting pictures from a fellow climber. I will post them when I get them.
Stopping for a short breather about 1/3 of the way up the trail.
A great view of Apache Junction and beyond.
The end of the Siphon Draw trail. Keep going straight up another mile to reach Flat Iron.
The start of the Trail (trailhead). The arrow points to Flat Iron.
It was around 2:30 pm when the group of nine were back at the parking lot. The group of 13 were back at the bottom around 5:30 pm. The resort was hosting a BBQ chicken dinner at 5 pm for which we had bought tickets. I went ahead to the dinner and it was 5:55 pm when David showed up for the dinner. He had just arrived home. After dinner, he went and sat in the hot tub. He was pretty tired.
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