We first looked at the Canelo Hills West Section on our way to Patagonia from Parker Canyon Lake after starting at Montezuma Pass near the Coronado Monument on, probably, September 1 or 2, 2013. As we passed down Forest Road 58 into Patagonia from Parker Canyon Lake, we passed the Harshaw Road Trailhead.
On October 30, 2022, Chris and I hiked the section from Patagonia to the Harshaw Road Trailhead, documented in the latest large-scale map book. This was the original trail alignment. The passage map below shows the revised alignment, with Harshaw Road as the connector to the Canelo Hills West section. Since I actually like the old alignment, I'll probably hike in/out on the Harshaw Road connector, to connect the Temporal Gulch Trailhead with Passage 3. Not much has changed at the trailhead as the picture below shows, as we hiked out via the road (which is scenic enough, but possibly somewhat hazardous, if there were higher traffic levels). Also interestingly, we saw several discarded camo jackets along the road. At first I thought "How strange that hunters would leave their jackets along the road . . ." then, "Oh . . . I get it." Yet another sign of border ironies: One can see in Sonoyta, Sonora the stands selling camo jackets for potential border crossers. This is where they end up when people discard them before entering town. It does make one wonder whether or not the Arizona Trail itself is sometimes a route.
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| The trail junction across Harshaw Road |
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| Harshaw Road Informational Sign |
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| Street crossing warning |
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| Reroute Information |
Here's the passage map: https://aztrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/05_SantaRitaMountains.pdf
