We started this Hike on a cold Sunday morning. A few members had problems, but we waited for everyone to show up. The group decided to do the hike backwards than planned, to get climbing and warm up. We all headed up the Alta Trail, and before long were shredding the first layer of clothing.

We had a very large group so we kept spread out and close at the same time, to practice social distancing. We all stopped at the first peak to admire the views from both sides.

The trail took us to the back (north) side of the mountain, so we were in the shade most of the time. The club made it all the way across the Ma Ha Tuak Range and took a short food break before going down. Now we descended down the mountain, where we all had great views of the inner park and Gila Range. I remember thinking how wonderful it was to be hiking with so many faces I hadn’t seen and new faces.

Tom, Li, Mohammad, Billie, Neil, Ramona, Kelly, Debbie, Ken, Heather, and Quy are main photographers. Also Randall, Nancy, Cindy and myself, Chris.

When we got to the bottom we then took the Bajada Trail, that has several rolling points so it isn’t really flat at all. I think some of us were getting a little tired by this point, but it was still very enjoyable. We then had to take the National Trail back to San Juan Lookout.

We had 9.0 miles for this trail, about 1812' elevation change. 15 wonderful hikers finished this hike. That was good, because we started with 15. This hike took 3 hours and 54 minutes. Pretty fast for a group this size.