Highline Trail - East from Fish Hatchery Road to Horton Springs

Along the Mogollon Rim east of Payson, AZ
Sept 30, 2014; Don, Joe & Suzanne; 8 miles roundtrip in-and-out
Music: Medley from the Sound of Music by Ferrante_and Teicher
A1HighlineWestFishHatchery Location of this Hike A2HighlineEastFishHatchery GPS Track for this Hike (Green Line) A4HighlineEastFishHatchery Elevation Profile for the hike into Horton Springs IMG 1030-HDR(3) The stepping stone "bridge" across Tonto Creek
IMG 1033-HDR(3) Looking up Tonto Creek IMG 1036-HDR(3) A view back west along the rim IMG 1042-HDR(3) The climb out of the Dick Williams Creek crossing IMG 1045-HDR(3) A nice grassy area with power lines ahead.
IMG 1048-HDR(3) Looking down to where the Horton Creek Trail joins the Highline Trail IMG 1051-HDR(3) Horton Springs - water just pours out of a hole in the side of the Mogollon Rim IMG 1062-HDR Another part of Horton Springs IMG 1072-HDR(3) Horton Creek
IMG 1075-HDR(3) Horton Creek IMG 1087-HDR(3) Horton Creek IMG 1090-HDR(3) We head back on the Highline to where we started the hike, 4 miles away IMG 1102-HDR(3) stitch A view west along the Mogollon Rim - you can just make out the Zane Grey Ranches that we hiked past last week.
IMG 1105-HDR(3) With the 35X IS lens the buildings we hiked by last week can be seen. Notice the forest clearing work that has been done on the hills behind the buildings. IMG 1112-HDR A butterfly that landed on the trail ahead of us as we neared Tonto Creek.