Movie Stars of the Mountains LbNA #69674
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Add Location| Owner: | Martini Man  |
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| Plant date: | Feb 29, 2016 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Marana |
| County: | Pima |
| State: | Arizona |
| Boxes: | 5 |
| Found by: | shooting starz (5) |
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| Last found: | Jan 14, 2024 |
| Status: | FFFFFOF |
| Last edited: | Nov 28, 2016 |
Hike – Loop just under six miles. Allow 3 -6 hours, depending on your speed, and take PLENTY of water!
Terrain – Desert Mountains. There are a few challenging uphill grades as well as corresponding downhill ones. Hiking poles are recommended.
Elevation Gain – 1064 ft.
Elevation Change – 1265 ft.
Restrooms Available at Start.
Having come up with a comedic masterpiece last year in the Tucson area, I’ve decided that genius like this should be built upon. I am now seguing into drama, but I am well aware that any successful cinematic foray requires a set of good actors. So I need to recruit!
My understanding is some of the best male leads to be had vacation around evoD niatnuoM. The problem is these guys like their privacy and they don’t live real close by. That means we need to exercise a bit to find them. Let’s do that!
So let’s go to the dliW orruB trailhead. We can get there by going thru the ztiR – notlarC property and getting directions for the start from the friendly staff. There’s another trailhead outside on the boulevard, but that would make for more work than we need to do, so skip that.
Let’s get going! From the lot and trailhead, we will begin our hunt by descending down a slope and crossing a wash. The streets in this area are well marked and we need to follow the purple markers to stay on the dliW orruB trail. At a “T”, my advance intelligence tells me we need to take a left to continue in a northerly direction. Looks like our path will wind around a bit thru the main wash, but eventually we should come upon a sign-in station. Security for these stars is tight, so be sure to sign-in. There’s also a handy map here to help us get our bearings.
OK, looks like we head up on the trail with the teal colored markers. That one’s called the omalA sgnirpS trail. Oh boy, I told you we’d have some work to do and here it comes! These guys won’t be easy to find! Up to ascend and ascend. My notes say we should come upon an intersection in a few minutes and, voila!; here we are. We stay straight here on the omalA sgnirpS trail.
But wait! One of our stars is very near here! The notes from my spies say we can find our first leading man thirty steps up this trail. At that point we should spot a split rock between a mesquite tree and a cholla. Our man lives under a stony ledge in the split.
"I've been looking at her kind ever since my voice changed."
Guy’s got a way of expressing himself vis-à-vis the gals!
All right, that’s one down. Let’s continue up the omalA sgnirpS trail. Looks like we have quite a ways to tromp to find our next recruit. It’s also looking like a significant uphill climb. Oh well, no pain, no gain.
Eventually we will see a pretty massive rock formation named after an old time Inca city. Maybe that would be a good movie! Anyway, let’s take a break on that bench and read up on the geology from that nearby signboard someone thoughtfully put there. Hey! Our next guy on the list is very near here. Let’s see…..eleven steps from the signboard down the trail to the southwest. From here we go off the main road to the right between a staghorn cholla/palo verde combination on one side and another staghorn paired with a dead tree on the other. Passing between them we should be circling back behind two more staghorns on their left side. The mansion is over by that rock ridge we should now be able to see on the right. You can tell why that’s a popular location due to the magnificent views you can get there. Let’s climb to the top of that ridge, circling around yet another cholla, to espy an ocotillo and a saguaro spear directly in front of us. The saguaro should have a sizable hunk of stone in front of it. In front of the ocotillo should be a cleft rock and our man should be living in it under a flattish piece of stone for a roof.
“Honestly, I think I`ve stretched a talent which is so thin it`s almost transparent over a quite unbelievable term of years.”
This guy could be kinder to himself. He’s done great work.
Let’s move along as we aren’t half through the list of guys I need. Continuing along we eventually reach another bench and signboard, this one about birds (no bees). Interesting reading, but when we are done we will move on.
After a bit of a trek we will start actually descending a bit. Up ahead is a split in the trail with some signage. Let’s go the signs. Oops!!! Wait! We have to go back forty steps! We should be at a right turn in the trail as it moves back up the way we came. On our left, facing north, we should see three large rocks and two smaller rocks in front of them. Moving five steps downward should get us to the leftmost small boulder that’s light colored in its complexion and with some dearly departed sotols on its left. Our third cast member will be underneath.
“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.”
Interesting comment as I always thought he did all right in the movies I saw him in.
OK, we’re getting there. Let’s go back to the signs and the T in trail and head left. We should be heading south now. Let’s continue going downward (which is a relief for me!) and keep going to reach a couple of signs about some different trails we can take. Let’s see my notes say there’s a fourth thespian nearby we could ask to join up around here. If we go back twenty-five steps from the first sign we saw on the right, we should be looking uphill to a distinctive jumble of rocks. Nice neighborhood. Let’s pay a visit, going up the slope carefully and slowly for ten steps. This should land us on top of a flat rock. Looking upwards, we should glance to our left side and see a SPOR between two larger rocks and some smaller ones. Our man should reside there.
“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”
I can’t say I share that sentiment.
All right, things are shaping up! Go back to the trail choices and go south along dliW orruB. Continue along until a new trail called the rewoL anilavaJ splits off to the left. We will take that trail. It will be flat at first but soon start ascending. After some climbing, the way flattens out a little and we’ll soon reach some “pancake” rocks on our right. Check out the crazy-armed saguaro a little ways up ahead! Our last recruit likes nutty stuff, it seems because I know he’s near! From the pancake stack, walk about twelve steps to line up with a mesquite on the left. Note the rock jumble there as well. Behind a small bush and under a large rock is the last guy we need to complete the cast.
“Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.”
Hmm, pithy…..
OK, time to wrap this job up and enjoy some liquid refreshments! Continue along this trail, doing some climbing to get to where we originally started our first ascent. Let’s follow the trail right out to the sign-in station and make our way through the wash back to our vehicle.
Fine job! We have some ace talent now. Thanks for helping out! As I am busy with other movie projects, I don’t live in the area and can’t keep tabs on the fellows, so I’d appreciate status updates.
Hike length: 5-8 miles
Terrain – Desert Mountains. There are a few challenging uphill grades as well as corresponding downhill ones. Hiking poles are recommended.
Elevation Gain – 1064 ft.
Elevation Change – 1265 ft.
Restrooms Available at Start.
Having come up with a comedic masterpiece last year in the Tucson area, I’ve decided that genius like this should be built upon. I am now seguing into drama, but I am well aware that any successful cinematic foray requires a set of good actors. So I need to recruit!
My understanding is some of the best male leads to be had vacation around evoD niatnuoM. The problem is these guys like their privacy and they don’t live real close by. That means we need to exercise a bit to find them. Let’s do that!
So let’s go to the dliW orruB trailhead. We can get there by going thru the ztiR – notlarC property and getting directions for the start from the friendly staff. There’s another trailhead outside on the boulevard, but that would make for more work than we need to do, so skip that.
Let’s get going! From the lot and trailhead, we will begin our hunt by descending down a slope and crossing a wash. The streets in this area are well marked and we need to follow the purple markers to stay on the dliW orruB trail. At a “T”, my advance intelligence tells me we need to take a left to continue in a northerly direction. Looks like our path will wind around a bit thru the main wash, but eventually we should come upon a sign-in station. Security for these stars is tight, so be sure to sign-in. There’s also a handy map here to help us get our bearings.
OK, looks like we head up on the trail with the teal colored markers. That one’s called the omalA sgnirpS trail. Oh boy, I told you we’d have some work to do and here it comes! These guys won’t be easy to find! Up to ascend and ascend. My notes say we should come upon an intersection in a few minutes and, voila!; here we are. We stay straight here on the omalA sgnirpS trail.
But wait! One of our stars is very near here! The notes from my spies say we can find our first leading man thirty steps up this trail. At that point we should spot a split rock between a mesquite tree and a cholla. Our man lives under a stony ledge in the split.
"I've been looking at her kind ever since my voice changed."
Guy’s got a way of expressing himself vis-à-vis the gals!
All right, that’s one down. Let’s continue up the omalA sgnirpS trail. Looks like we have quite a ways to tromp to find our next recruit. It’s also looking like a significant uphill climb. Oh well, no pain, no gain.
Eventually we will see a pretty massive rock formation named after an old time Inca city. Maybe that would be a good movie! Anyway, let’s take a break on that bench and read up on the geology from that nearby signboard someone thoughtfully put there. Hey! Our next guy on the list is very near here. Let’s see…..eleven steps from the signboard down the trail to the southwest. From here we go off the main road to the right between a staghorn cholla/palo verde combination on one side and another staghorn paired with a dead tree on the other. Passing between them we should be circling back behind two more staghorns on their left side. The mansion is over by that rock ridge we should now be able to see on the right. You can tell why that’s a popular location due to the magnificent views you can get there. Let’s climb to the top of that ridge, circling around yet another cholla, to espy an ocotillo and a saguaro spear directly in front of us. The saguaro should have a sizable hunk of stone in front of it. In front of the ocotillo should be a cleft rock and our man should be living in it under a flattish piece of stone for a roof.
“Honestly, I think I`ve stretched a talent which is so thin it`s almost transparent over a quite unbelievable term of years.”
This guy could be kinder to himself. He’s done great work.
Let’s move along as we aren’t half through the list of guys I need. Continuing along we eventually reach another bench and signboard, this one about birds (no bees). Interesting reading, but when we are done we will move on.
After a bit of a trek we will start actually descending a bit. Up ahead is a split in the trail with some signage. Let’s go the signs. Oops!!! Wait! We have to go back forty steps! We should be at a right turn in the trail as it moves back up the way we came. On our left, facing north, we should see three large rocks and two smaller rocks in front of them. Moving five steps downward should get us to the leftmost small boulder that’s light colored in its complexion and with some dearly departed sotols on its left. Our third cast member will be underneath.
“In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.”
Interesting comment as I always thought he did all right in the movies I saw him in.
OK, we’re getting there. Let’s go back to the signs and the T in trail and head left. We should be heading south now. Let’s continue going downward (which is a relief for me!) and keep going to reach a couple of signs about some different trails we can take. Let’s see my notes say there’s a fourth thespian nearby we could ask to join up around here. If we go back twenty-five steps from the first sign we saw on the right, we should be looking uphill to a distinctive jumble of rocks. Nice neighborhood. Let’s pay a visit, going up the slope carefully and slowly for ten steps. This should land us on top of a flat rock. Looking upwards, we should glance to our left side and see a SPOR between two larger rocks and some smaller ones. Our man should reside there.
“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.”
I can’t say I share that sentiment.
All right, things are shaping up! Go back to the trail choices and go south along dliW orruB. Continue along until a new trail called the rewoL anilavaJ splits off to the left. We will take that trail. It will be flat at first but soon start ascending. After some climbing, the way flattens out a little and we’ll soon reach some “pancake” rocks on our right. Check out the crazy-armed saguaro a little ways up ahead! Our last recruit likes nutty stuff, it seems because I know he’s near! From the pancake stack, walk about twelve steps to line up with a mesquite on the left. Note the rock jumble there as well. Behind a small bush and under a large rock is the last guy we need to complete the cast.
“Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me.”
Hmm, pithy…..
OK, time to wrap this job up and enjoy some liquid refreshments! Continue along this trail, doing some climbing to get to where we originally started our first ascent. Let’s follow the trail right out to the sign-in station and make our way through the wash back to our vehicle.
Fine job! We have some ace talent now. Thanks for helping out! As I am busy with other movie projects, I don’t live in the area and can’t keep tabs on the fellows, so I’d appreciate status updates.
Hike length: 5-8 miles