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| | KP Trail Seventy is a long drive away from Safford, but backpacking it is always fun. There are many great hiking and backpacking trails in Arizona, and KP Trail Seventy in Greenlee County is one of them. Here in the great state of Arizona trekking is a wonderful idea. This great outdoors trail has only one trailhead, so you'll be backcountry backpacking it in and back out. KP Trail Seventy gets very little rainfall; the month of August is the wettest with most of the rain, and May is when it's the driest. KP Trail Seventy is many miles long with an average |
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amount of climbing distance which makes this backcountry trail glorious for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. With its 15.2 miles of walking distance; it's longer than many wilderness hiking trails. KP Trail Seventy has a total elevation difference of 2,663 feet which
| | is a higher than average number. This part of Arizona is always a joy to go to during backpacking season. This hiking trail sometimes gets very dry, so make sure you check current conditions and fire restrictions with local forest authorities before you head out. Some parts of KP Trail Seventy are much higher up than other parts of the wilderness hiking trail, and that means that some parts of the wilderness hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. For the duration of the summertime here at KP Trail Seventy, high temperatures mostly | |
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get into the 70's, and during the night it cools down to the 40's. Highs during the winter are frequently in the 40's with temperatures at KP Trail Seventy dipping down into the 10's during winter nights. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in place.
Every hiking and backpacking trail in Arizona is well worth a backcountry hike. Now this hiking trail is pretty long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. This walk should take you about 2.5 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. These backcountry
hiking trails here in the San Francisco Mountains are a very good way to see these highlands. Time to get out, and breathe some fresh air, and KP Trail Seventy in Greenlee County, Arizona is a really brilliant site to spend some time. This is one of many backcountry trails in the
surrounding region.
Briefly about the general area:
If you come at the right time of year, Blue River offers some magnificent whitewater, and Butterfly Cienega is a lovely spot any time of year. If you love the outdoors you'll love it here in the San Francisco Mountains.
While staying at KP Trail Seventy you could always discover Burnt Corral Draw; why not camp at Stray Horse Campground while you're here at KP Trail Seventy.
This site, the San Francisco Mountains, has so much outdoors exciting things. Clell Spring is a wonderful local attraction.
So many entertaining things to do at KP Trail Seventy, so little time. Hannagan Campground is a good local campground, and do visit Corduroy Creek if you're here at KP Trail Seventy. Put some time aside to spend at Willow Spring while you're here at KP Trail Seventy; get yourself
into a kayak and hit Black River - East Fork.
Places like Rattlesnake Basin are great to have a look at, and don't forget to take a great little tour to Hagen Creek.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 33.6011, Longitude -109.342
- - Directions and Road Map
Total in and out hiking length = 15.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 7 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
2.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
9 hours
Total elevation difference: 2663 feet
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Outdoors Recreation Near Safford, Arizona
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| These outdoors activities are available near KP Trail Seventy. |
| | Trails Near KP Trail Seventy:
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Salt House Eighteen Trail, Greenlee
County
, 4 miles away, 6.4 hiking miles, 903 feet elevation difference |
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Steeple Mesa Seventy-Three Trail, Greenlee
County
, 5 miles away, 14.6 hiking miles, 2887 feet elevation difference |
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Crabtree Trail Twenty-two, Greenlee
County
, 5 miles away, 11.2 hiking miles, 1810 feet elevation difference |
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Raspberry Trail Thirty-five, Greenlee
County
, 5 miles away, 8.1 hiking miles, 3036 feet elevation difference |
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Lengthy Canyon Trail Eighty-nine, Greenlee
County
, 5 miles away, 4.4 hiking miles, 1277 feet elevation difference |
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Chitty Canyon Trail Thirty Four, Greenlee
County
, 7 miles away, 19.2 hiking miles, 1603 feet elevation difference |
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Stray Horse Canyon Trail Twenty, Greenlee
County
, 7 miles away, 13.6 hiking miles, 894 feet elevation difference |
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| | Whitewater Near KP Trail Seventy:
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Black River - East Fork, Apache County
County
, 11 miles away, Class -blank- - 18 miles long (Diamond Rock to Wildcat Point) |
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Blue River, Greenlee County
County
, 11 miles away, Class IV-V - 34 miles long (Blue Crossing to Forest Service Road 475) |
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San Francisco River, Greenlee County
County
, 27 miles away, Class -blank- - 40 miles long (Alma to Clifton) |
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San Francisco River, Catron County
County
, 30 miles away, Class II - 40 miles long (Lower San Francisco Hot Springs to Clifton Arizona) |
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