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Backpacker Magazine – November 2012
From the Field: BACKPACKER Trail Scouts' Top Western Local Hikes
Whether you want an uncrowded hike in Zion National Park or a five-miler through a gypsum dune field in New Mexico, our scouts have paved the way.
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Bog Springs Loop, Coronado NF, AZ
Zac Ribbing, Douglas, AZ
Journey into a lush mountain oasis surrounded by desert on this 4.5-mile lollipop to three springs shaded by silver-barked sycamore, walnut, and juniper. Ascend 1,500 feet in two miles to Kent Spring; watch for both mule deer and Coues white-tailed deer (about half the size of their eastern brethren). Optional spur: From here, climb another 1,500 feet on the seven-mile out-and-back Four Springs Trail to gaze across the desert 30 miles north to Tucson. Return past Bog Springs for an 11.5-mile loop. Trip ID 18417
“Look for black bear prints in the mud at Kent Spring.”
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