Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
Barnhardt Trail Day Hike
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Trip Report :
November 26, 2022
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Trip Report :
January 11, 2020
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Trip Report :
April 15, 2017
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Trip Report :
February 8, 2014
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Trip Report :
February 24, 2013
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Trip Report :
February 27, 2010
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Trip Report :
April 12, 2008
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Trip Report :
September 28, 1998
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| where |
Mazatzal Mountains |
| the hike |
Walk the Barnhardt Trail up to the falls and back, OR to the Arizona Trail
and back. Along the way there will be towering cliffs, waterfalls, precarious
stream crossings, and picturesque canyon vistas. This is a two option hike.
First, we will be going to the Big Kahuna Falls. Hikers can return from this
point. Will need a volunteer to lead the hikers back to the trailhead.
Second, continue past the falls to the Mazatzal Divide Trail #23, aka AZ
Trail, and return. At the AZT you can see Mazatzal Peak, the highest point
in the Mazatzal Mountains.
This hike is described on pages 135-137 of Roger and Ethel Freeman’s
Day Hikes and Trail Rides in Payson’s Rim Country
(Gem Guides, 2005),
and on pages 273-276 of David Mazel’s Arizona Trails
(Wilderness Press, 1981).
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| distance |
6.25 or 12 miles |
| time |
5-8 hours |
| EC |
+-1600' (falls) or +-2000' (AZT) elevation change |
| elevations |
4184' (trailhead) to 5795' (falls) to 6000' (AZT) |
| type |
round trip |
| starting at |
| Barnhardt Trailhead |
34° 5.562' N, 111° 25.279' W [NAD27]
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| on trail |
100% — Barnhardt Trail #43 |
| rating |
"B" or "B+"
Rate yourself as a hiker. |
| cost |
Sharing gas expenses with the driver.
The club also allows voluntary contributions of $5 per non-member. |
| dogs allowed |
no |
| weather |
Payson |
| meet |
8:00 AM at Barnhardt Trailhead. |
meet in
Fountain Hills |
7:00 AM in the parking lot of the
Target Center on the south side of Shea Blvd., about a mile west
of Highway 87 (Beeline). For those leaving their cars behind, please
park up against the north curb away from Starbuck’s.
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| drive |
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Take the Beeline Highway (Arizona 87) northeast, over the Mazatzals
and past the junction with Highway 188.
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Continue north on 87. Just before you get to Rye there is a sign for the road to
Barnhardt Trailhead.
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Turn left and drive 5 miles west on Forest Road 419 to the trailhead, where the
road ends. I will be just past where the pavement ends, and leave for the trailhead
at 7:30 AM.
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