Hike To Alligator Juniper On Granite Mountain

Begin at the pratt lake trailhead in cool mossy forest where you hike along a wide moderately graded tread.

Hike to alligator juniper on granite mountain.

The trail to the tree is definitely the road less traveled and like that father and son we met as we hiked in we nearly missed it. There are three main hiking options to visit the granite mountain hotshots juniper. Giant alligator juniper trail is a 4 7 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near prescott arizona that offers scenic views and is rated as moderate. Length 4 7 mi elevation gain 538 ft route type out back.

Straight to the juniper is a 3 2 mi 375 aeg round trip hike. It passes through a mixed forest of ponderosa pine and alligator juniper as it as it travels toward granite basin lake. It is believed to be the largest and oldest of. 1 h 20 m.

West lake trail 351 begins at the cayuse equestrian trailhead within the granite basin recreation area. 2 9 mi est. The trail is primarily used for hiking walking trail running and nature trips and is best used from march until may. Alligator juniper tree near the top of granite mountain.

Just days before 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots died fighting the yarnell hill fire in june 2013 the crew saved a giant alligator juniper that was in the line of the doce fire in the. The hike begins as a shady wonderland with immediate views of the vertical rock ledges of the granite summit to your right. After that stretch the trail dips into a dry creek bed. Arizona granite mountain photographs.

This wilderness is a protected area for the nesting of peregrine falcons which were almost extinct just a few years ago. Visiting the juniper during a loop hike of upper pasture trail 38 little granite mountain trail 37 and white rock spring trail 39 is 6 6 mi. After about a half mile look for the white quartz rocks or maybe they are granite since it is part of the granite mountain range littering the trail. Granite mountain arizona trees prescott national forest hiking trails plants license purchase this photograph.

From the saddle the route becomes a series of long moderate switchbacks and after about 20 minutes you ll come to a monstrous alligator juniper.