notes on Pine Mountain Trail

04-21-2012

N 32 55.476 W 116 28.927 center of Pioneer Mail parking area

N 32 55.154 W 116 29.469 junction of Pine Mountain Trail and dirt road from
Highway S1 to Deer Valley (?)

54-762-29-574 point on Pine Mountain Trail near end of brushed portion

walking back to dirt road, then driving back to Highway S1 on dirt road

802-557
835-548
866-529
911-521
946-529
981-523
994-496
5-491
36-496
54-508
96-479
107-467
136-471
155-468-junction trail junction with dirt road
115-437
106-378
86-296
73-243
76-193
52-164
37-136
24-124
50-108
76-125
105-127
132-140
180-119
192-89
185-38
207-10
267-974
304-979
332-972
372-923
396-918
411-908
414-886
55-432-28-866! road emerges on Highway S1, end of trip

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survey of Pine Mountain, Indian Creek and Noble Canyon Trails

July 5, 2012

8:43 AM 0.0 miles, leaving home in truck

9:53 AM 56.6 miles, Penny Pines on Sunrise Hwy

9:57 AM 58.7 miles, Pioneer Mail on Sunrise Hwy

N 32 55.479 W 116 28.923 approximate center of parking area at Pioneer Mail
[55-479-28-923]

55-431-28-867 entering Pine Mountain Trail [time of photo is 10:10 AM],
mileage 0.18

424-931
433-958
451-985
459-999
478-30
485-39
473-45
454-32
420-43
407-51
363-57
302-86
294-111
320-147
366-215
422-254
399-258
365-273
360-308
352-315
324-306
253-291
230-310
226-319
192-337
193-338
175-420
165-432

55-163-29-463-"trail crosses dirt road" 1.17 miles

120-463
63-507
4-486
985-521
947-528
850-539
807-554
699-583
686-604
757-668
776-669
807-705
727-763
689-761
628-770
606-789
556-817

54-548-29-826 junction with Indian Creek Trail, trail SA apparently goes
to overlook, 2.18 miles, I go SA

[Indian Creek Trail L and R]

536-840
514-854
475-873

54-428-29-875! the summit, there's a cairn here, but apparently no benchmark

2.23 miles, end of this part, I turn around

2.48 miles, back at junction [54-548-29-826], I turn R onto Indian Creek Trail

512-816
505-816
556-751
591-724
670-689
645-672
554-644
506-631
435-609
413-599
377-574
378-546
411-509
427-491
448-488
505-435
532-438
509-398
497-383
498-369 faint trail off to L and a battered old trail sign

54-482-29-361-"creek crossing" 3.36 miles, and creek is almost dry

3.38 miles 469-379 trail sign for Indian Creek Trail

453-391
445-388
452-363
448-315
421-272
386-270
368-274
342-261
295-281
284-320
269-372
253-331
250-290
241-245
222-214
221-199
178-192
162-175
134-177
95-106
71-119
64-113

54-12-29-93-"junction" with Noble Canyon Trail, 4.14 miles

I take a few pics, and then at 4.16 miles I turn L on Noble Canyon Trail

26-91
67-75
93-30
103-10
158-995
194-954
226-936
271-909
299-885
304-852
256-812
194-800
164-761
160-724
172-674
177-655
216-614
243-602

54-250-28-582-"road crossing" 4.87 miles [crossing Pine Creek Rd]

251-516

286-464-"road crossing" 4.98 miles

cattle guard between two trailheads

292-413-"road crossing" 5.03 miles

298-389
323-388
340-374
378-331
389-274
379-237
369-218
380-188
364-175
375-103
312-906
308-845
305-732
301-691
349-665
336-604

54-333-27-560-"junction" with Big Laguna Trail, 5.89 miles

333-525
334-486

54-344-27-454! Sunrise Hwy at Penny Pines, 5.92 miles

time now 2:00 PM

end of this part, I return via Sunrise Hwy

2:10 PM 8.06 miles, back at truck [at Pioneer Mail], end of trip