Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
Swing-Set Mine Day Hike
| when |
Trip Report :
March 11, 2017
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Trip Report :
November 21, 2015
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Trip Report :
November 27, 2010
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| where |
Mazatzal Mountains |
| the hike |
Join me in a swinging experience!
Come experience the sport Mecca of the Mazatzals, the Swing-Set Mine.
Actually it is an abandoned mine site that, my guess, a family once mined.
The forest service has been cleaning up various sites,
so come and see it before it is gone.
We’ll hike in about 5 miles on an old Forest Service road that is no
longer maintained. Once there, enjoy our lunch break and frolic on the swings.
The club did the hike in November, 2010, and November, 2015.
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| distance |
10 miles round trip |
| time |
6-7 hours |
| EC |
+-1930' elevation change |
| elevations |
3878' (Cane Spring Trailhead) to 5589' (ridge east of Pine Butte) |
| type |
round trip |
| starting at |
| Cane Spring Trailhead |
33° 59.548' N, 111° 22.847' W [NAD27]
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| on trail |
90% — unmaintained forest road |
| rating |
"B"
Rate yourself as a hiker. |
| dogs allowed |
no |
| cost |
Sharing gas expenses with the driver.
The club also allows voluntary contributions of $5 per non-member. |
| weather |
Payson |
| meet |
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 northwest curb away from Starbuck’s.
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| drive |
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Take the Beeline Highway (AZ 87) north to AZ 188. |
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Turn around and go south to about mile 233 and the
unmarked exit to FR 177.
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Drive south about one mile to the trailhead (FR 191). |
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The exit is just before the power lines cross the road for the second
time, well before the exit labeled “Cane Springs”.
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