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| Old tin cans hanging on trees in Tin Can Alley |
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| View up from Hike a Bike Trail |
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| Archive photo of Rita and Ralyn cleaning out the Trough |
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| Tin Can Alley view Down |
As we continue to roam the area around Telephone Canyon Road trying to catch sight of Onyx, we have hiked a couple of interesting routes. Yesterday, my husband and I left a car at Robbers Roost Trailhead and dropped down behind the sign. Taking a left, we hiked up Hike a Bike to the top of the hill and took a right at a four-way junction. This put us on the Trough Trail on a pathway downhill. It's steep at first but after you pass the wildlife trough, the steepness lets up a little. Passing up the Equestrian Switchback Trail, we descended straight down Trough Canyon. (We didn't see any dog prints.) At the bottom we crossed Telephone Canyon Road and turned to the left on Tin Can Alley Trail. Veering left, we started on a steady descent of the well worn trail. Finally, after 2.75 miles into the hike, we reached Onyx Point. After resupplying the food and water we have there, we continued down on the same route we have used for almost 3 weeks now. (We don't want to change our scent trail by using other routes back to the Stepladder TH.) As predicted, the afternoon heat was almost unbearable but we made it down to Telephone Canyon Road junction, turned right, followed the road down to the Connector Trail junction which is marked by a small cairn on the right. We follow the Connector back to the Shady Hollow Trail, checked another food and water bowl station, and continued back to Stepladder Trailhead. Having two cars, we drove up to retrieve our other car. It was a very nice hike albeit hot! We thanks everyone who continues to look for Onyx. It is very strange that there has not been any sightings of her by now. 😢
Stats: 5 miles; 500' ascent; 1700' descent; 3 hours
P.S. The photos on this entry are all archived photos from 2011 & 2022.
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| Tin Can Alley view Up |
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| Telephone Canyon Road view Up |
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