The Steeple aisle is amid alfresco of Alpine, AZ forth the east-central bound of AZ & NM. The aisle is amid in the Blue Wilderness breadth and admission is bound to alone hiking and backpack animals. From the circle of US191/180 in Alpine, AZ biking east on US180 against New Mexcio about 4 miles. Perhaps 1/2 mile afore extensive Luna Lake, biking south on the Blue alley for about 30 afar into the Blue Wilderness Area. biking time from Alpine is over an hour due to the ambagious alluvium abundance alley and common river crossings.
This breadth is not able-bodied accepted to best hikers accustomed it's fantastically alien location. about hunters accept accepted about the breadth for years and army actuality in the abatement to coursing mule deer, white appendage deer, bays elk, turkey, buck and abundance lion. The Blue River could abutment a built-in trout population, about Arizona Game & Fish does not accept affairs to banal the Gila or Apache Trout at this time. The best time to backpack "Down on the Blue" is from mid-November to the end of March. The acclivity is aloof aloft 5000' forth the river and the mountains arise to aloof beneath 10000'. The temperatures forth the river is actual hot during the summer and this supports a ample rattlesnake population, abnormally the Black Rattlesnake or Timber Rattler by it's bounded name.
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The Steeple aisle is at an acclivity of about 5200' and is able-bodied apparent off the Blue alley and has a baby parking lot forth with a NFS kiosk - there are no accessories at the trailhead. The aisle arch is amid on the north-western breadth of the parking breadth and anon campaign uphill. The aboriginal three afar of the aisle booty you to the top of Steeple Mesa, we like to alarm it "Rocky Mesa". The aisle on the acropolis and the acropolis itself is blowzy with anchor sized rocks that accomplish quick biking about impossible. If your ankles are weak, you may appetite to accede hiking poles and a brace of boots with acceptable abate support. Once on top of Steeple acropolis the aisle active due west for 4 afar breadth it bisect with the KP aisle to your larboard (south) or abide to the appropriate (north) on Steeple aisle # 73. From the circle you are about 1/4 mile from Mud springs, the alone accessible active baptize on the trail.
Above Mud Springs the aisle becomes beneath accessible and assuredly about 1.5 afar aloft Mud Springs (7700' +/-) becomes absolute impassable. There accept been several wildfires in the breadth and the aisle is bright to Mud springs, but don't bother with traveling beyond....I tore up a shirt and a brace of hiking pants log bent through actual barbed New Mexican Locust copse during our contempo trip. Once this was one of the finest trails in the Blue Wilderness Area, it accustomed admission up to the KP Rim (9800') and again assimilate Hannagan Meadow Lodge. Unfortunately, I cannot acclaim this as a destination as biking time will abate bottomward to beneath than one mile per hour.
Author's Note: The Steeple aisle was devastated by the 538,000 acre Wallow Fire (summer 2011). The breadth is anon bankrupt to accessible admission and will acceptable abide so for years.
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