Month: February 2014

Babad Do’ag Trail and Guthrie Mountain – 2014/2/27

Updated - Posted - Charles Miles
1402 Point 4780 East of Babad Do'ag
Point 4780 East of Babad Do’ag. February 2014.

Point 4780 near the Babad Do’ag Trail… Started the day on the Babad Do’ag Trail, tried to make good time up the trail but did take the time to hike up the spur to Point 4780 (first time!) – saw the first snake I have seen this season and for a few minutes everything seemed like a snake – nice weather, but hits of summer sun and heat…

After the Babad Do’ag Trail I drove to the Lower Green Mountain Trailhead – I had hoped to get to the point marked on the SAHC map near Guthrie Mountain, but I wasn’t fast enough and had to turn around at the ‘main’ summit – windy and almost had to put on my jacket, but not quite!

This was the first day since January that I have pushed myself outside and I definitely felt it – just over 11 miles and 3100′ of gain.

1402 Guthrie Mountain Trail at Bear Saddle

flickr – 2014 February Babad Do’ag Trail, 2014 February Guthrie Mountain

February 21 Bighorn Sheep Project Status Update

Updated - Posted - Charles Miles
Project Status Update: February 3 – February 16, 2014 – Some notes from this update:
  • “The Arizona Game and Fish Department is implementing an Advisory Committee recommendation to collapse the previous administrative mountain lion removal boundary and re-focus removal efforts to a more defined area.” – A map in the update shows the new area which is (very roughly) west of the highway and south of Charouleau Gap. Also covered here: New Bighorn boundaries set in the Catalinas.
  • “In recent weeks, several solitary sheep have banded together in larger groups.” – The update notes that research has indicated that sheep are safer in larger groups.
  • “Biologists anticipate that several more ewes will become mothers in the near future.” – There have been 3 lambs reported so far