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Jun 01, 2020 — The road leading to Mount Graham outlined on Google Maps is slightly misaligned, hence the orange line on my attached map being a tiny ibt off (I think this is true, since my GPS track lined up with the satelite imagery, just not the white line on terrain mode), but it's clear enough that the road leads easily to the summit. We parked at the head of a forest road, at an official trailhead for an unrelated trail. It seems like many people take a bushwhacky trail to the west of our start point. We weren't feeling any of that nonsense, and depsite my general distate for hiking roads, Matt and I both agreed just following the road would suit us fine. Additionally, the aforementioned crap trail eventually led to the road we were on anyway. Not much to write about the ascent since it just follows an obivous road the whole way to just below the summit. A short, easy bushwhack leads to the true summit. We were surprised at how gorgeous the views were for the second half of the hike. The road left the forest and the slopes of Mount Graham opened into wide meadows and expansive views of the surrounding Arizona desert below.
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