Granite Basin Lake Wilderness; Cayuse Equestrian, Day Use Area
(Trail Pooch Team, Wicket and Noel, Posting from Prescott, Arizona)
Hike Date: 07/28/2010, Wednesday
Wicket and I like to run out to the Granite Basin Lake Wilderness Area on Wednesdays and take advantage of the free parking day. We park at the Cayuse Equestrian parking lot and hike out of there to the south on trail 346; pick up trail 347 north to trail 348, connect with trail 351 and back to the parking lot. We cover the ground in a little over an hour.
Wicket heading up trail 347 with Granite Mt creating the back drop.
Here's what I refer to as "PacMan" rock, but I'm sure there is a formal name for it.
and on the north side of "PacMan" rock you have a total different look. I haven't come up with a name that suits me for this view yet. Not far from here, you can pick up trail 348 which will take you southwest over the west lake trail and back into the parking lot at the Cayuse Equestrian area. This trail system is available for Hikers, Mt. Bikers, and Horseback riders. The views are great in this area and vegetation still lush, if you discount the bark beetle damage to a good many of the pines along the way.
The Trail system in the Granite Basin Wilderness area is extensive, in fact if you want to stay on the 347 you can hike a few miles north to a parking lot in Williamson Valley and connect with other trails along the way. Snake sightings? Yes, you can see rattle snakes in this area, in fact my son stepped over top of a napping Western Diamond Back a week or so ago while hiking on a trail north of the lake. Luckily the snake wasn't interested in a mouth full of pant leg. So just another heads up warning while you're out there with your pooch. There are Bobcats, Mountain Lions, Coyotes, Javelina and I would suspect Black Bear in this area, not to mention all the other creatures of the wild that are known to make this part of Arizona their home, some good, some bad.
Heading back into the parking lot via the 351 from the north. It was another wonderful hike into the wild around the Prescott area.
Thanks again for stopping in to check out our adventures.
"Happy Trails" and remember to "Live Free, Live Wild"
Wicket and Noel
noel@trailpooch.com
or
Noel@realtywebnet.com
Hike Date: 07/28/2010, Wednesday
Wicket and I like to run out to the Granite Basin Lake Wilderness Area on Wednesdays and take advantage of the free parking day. We park at the Cayuse Equestrian parking lot and hike out of there to the south on trail 346; pick up trail 347 north to trail 348, connect with trail 351 and back to the parking lot. We cover the ground in a little over an hour.
Wicket heading up trail 347 with Granite Mt creating the back drop.
Here's what I refer to as "PacMan" rock, but I'm sure there is a formal name for it.
and on the north side of "PacMan" rock you have a total different look. I haven't come up with a name that suits me for this view yet. Not far from here, you can pick up trail 348 which will take you southwest over the west lake trail and back into the parking lot at the Cayuse Equestrian area. This trail system is available for Hikers, Mt. Bikers, and Horseback riders. The views are great in this area and vegetation still lush, if you discount the bark beetle damage to a good many of the pines along the way.
The Trail system in the Granite Basin Wilderness area is extensive, in fact if you want to stay on the 347 you can hike a few miles north to a parking lot in Williamson Valley and connect with other trails along the way. Snake sightings? Yes, you can see rattle snakes in this area, in fact my son stepped over top of a napping Western Diamond Back a week or so ago while hiking on a trail north of the lake. Luckily the snake wasn't interested in a mouth full of pant leg. So just another heads up warning while you're out there with your pooch. There are Bobcats, Mountain Lions, Coyotes, Javelina and I would suspect Black Bear in this area, not to mention all the other creatures of the wild that are known to make this part of Arizona their home, some good, some bad.
Heading back into the parking lot via the 351 from the north. It was another wonderful hike into the wild around the Prescott area.
Thanks again for stopping in to check out our adventures.
"Happy Trails" and remember to "Live Free, Live Wild"
Wicket and Noel
noel@trailpooch.com
or
Noel@realtywebnet.com
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