HBS01

Dist: 5.19 mi	Points: 461	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

HBS001

Location: 33.480278°, -111.442924°
Go S on Dutchman Trail #104, an old dirt road to First Water Ranch

HBS002

Location: 33.477379°, -111.439697°
L @ Y onto Second Water Trail #236

HBS003

Location: 33.478920°, -111.435600°
Photo op: The long, prickly arms of saguaro cacti frame views to a distant mesa

HBS004

Location: 33.476635°, -111.428528°
Cross First Water Creek (usually dry). Swing N on Second Water Trail; gentle climb up cactusy wash to Garden Valley

HBS005

Location: 33.482037°, -111.427841°
Trail empties onto flat, sometimes-muddy plain where cholla and mesquite flourish and mesas encircle Garden Valley

HBS006

Location: 33.485821°, -111.427498°
Bear L, staying on Second Water Trail; in 100 ft., leave Forest Service trail and bear L again on well-defined path where horse hoofprints head off to the NW

HBS007

Location: 33.494801°, -111.435204°
Stay on main trail across saddle

HBS008

Location: 33.498760°, -111.437500°
More classic saguaro figures with mountain peaks in distance

HBS009

Location: 33.498020°, -111.440903°
Vegetation provides shade @ First Water Creek

HBS010

Location: 33.495171°, -111.441399°
Hackberry Spring provides a welcome respite; views of towering cliffs

HBS011

Location: 33.491650°, -111.441399°
Bear R @ large cairn, leaving First Water Creek; head toward old corral, windmill, and obvious saddle to the SW

HBS012

Location: 33.487171°, -111.442200°
R @ cairn toward saddle to the SW

HBS013

Location: 33.482819°, -111.446999°
Turn L onto road back to the trailhead to complete loop

Classic saguaro

Location: 33.494251°, -111.433113°
©Steffan Fay

View to the SE across Garden Valley

Location: 33.486065°, -111.427628°
©Steffan Fay

Hackberry Spring

Location: 33.495193°, -111.441513°
©Steffan Fay

Saguaro with snow-stippled mountain peaks in the distance

Location: 33.498753°, -111.437401°
©Steffan Fay

Pickly pear, palo verde and saguaro cover hillsides

Location: 33.479206°, -111.434616°
©Steffan Fay

Starting off on the loop

Location: 33.478951°, -111.442200°
©Steffan Fay

Second Water Trail near the entrance to Garden Valley

Location: 33.482250°, -111.427971°
©Steffan Fay

A distant mesa

Location: 33.478909°, -111.436157°
©Steffan Fay