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Mogollon Rim Day Hike
Payson
May 25, 2024
by Michael Humphrey
group A
Trailblazers on the Mogollon Rim. [photo by Michael]
Mike, Terri, Gail, Michelle, Mark, Anna, Kim, Mimi, Cindy.

We start on the Mogollon Rim vista trail. It runs along the rim over to Woods Canyon Lake. The trail is shaded and kind of flat. We make good time over to the Military Sinkhole trail. The Military Sinkhole trail has two parts. Some of the group will do both parts and others will only do the upper part. The vista trail give greats views.

Trail
On the trail. [photo by Michael]
Make
Making our way down the trail. [photo by Cindy]
View
Look at the view off the rim. [photo by Michael]
Road
Looking over the 260 road. [photo by Cindy]

The Military Sinkhole trail, because it is lower that the rest of the rim stays cooler and is wetter. There is some good displays of flowers today. The upper part of the Military Sinkhole trail goes over to the General Crook tail. We then take the General Crook tail over to the Woods Canyon Lake trail. There is a sign here explainig the General Crook tail. Very few persons read this sign. We then take the Woods Canyon Lake trail back to the Mogollon Rim vista trail and our lunch spot.

Mil
The flowers are out today. [photo by Cindy]
Flower
Large field of flowers. [photo by Cindy]
Tree
Some of the trees are also in bloom. [photo by Cindy]
Lunch
Lunch time on the rim. [photo by Cindy]

After lunch it is time to continue on the vista trail back to the Military Sinkhole trail At this point some of the group goes down the Military Sinkhole trail to the 260 trailhead. The others stay on the vista trail back to the cars. We left a car at the 260 trailhead, so the persons will have a ride back up to the cars. We get back to the cars a little while before the persons from the 260 trailhead get back, so we wait for them. They have upgraded the signs at the 260 trailhead. The old ones you could bearly read. Some of us then go to Mackys in Payson for a late lunch.

Down
Tree found a spot just below the rim. [photo by Cindy]
High
The new signs at the 260 trailhead. [photo by Cindy]
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