{"id":656,"date":"2022-11-02T12:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/?p=656"},"modified":"2026-03-22T14:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:28:24","slug":"arizona-trail-day-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yetihikes.net\/wordpress\/2022\/11\/02\/arizona-trail-day-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Trail Day 24: Four Peaks Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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28.1 miles
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I once again set an alarm so I could be on the trail at sunrise. Today was going to be a big day. I decided that I would hike into town today rather than spend another night on trail as planned since the last water source before town was only a few miles from where I camped and that means that I would have to carry a lot of water for most of the day if I wanted to camp again. I could do this, especially since my food load is light now just before town, but I decided it would just be simpler and easier to go to town, and I thought the mileage was feasible based on some other longer days out here.<\/p>

I hit the trail at full steam, especially since it was on the 4×4 track it followed at the end of the day yesterday. It would follow this for several more easy miles. I enjoyed the sunrise while I was hiking, and soon I met a northbounder, Magician, who said his friend Mudhole was up ahead with his vehicle. I greeted Mudhole when I got to him, and he offered to top off my water and take my trash. There haven\u2019t been any trash cans on this section of trail, and though it was my last day before town, I took him up on his offers. Hikers love getting rid of their trash instead of carrying the dead weight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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