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ABINEAU-BEAR JAW LOOP Aspens line Waterline Road on Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop. With fall foliage season right around the corner, I�m already feeling the tug of the Abineau-Bear Jaw Trail.   Its location high on the north flanks of Flagstaff�s San Francisco Mountain means it�s one of the first places to show Autumn color.   Anxious hikers who can manage the rugged, 1,870-foot, thin-air climb in the Kachina Peaks Wilderness can get a jump start on aspen overload. San Francisco Peaks seen from Abineau Canyon. Aspens abound on the Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop A short access path leads to a junction where the loop begins. You can go either way, but using the Abineau Canyon leg for the uphill climb affords the best views of the peaks without having to stop and turn around all the time. Aspen color peaks early in Abineau Canyon Abineau Canyon's deep woods. View from the top of Abineau Canyon. Damp and chilly, the moss-laced mixed conifer woodlands of Abineau Canyon is reminiscent of the alpine...

FAVORITE FLAGSTAFF FALL COLOR HIKES Autumn is just weeks away and the first tiny blotches of fall foliage color have already begun to tease of what's to come on Flagstaff's San Francisco Mountain. Many hiking trails on the slopes of Arizona's highest peaks make for ideal fall foliage viewing. The quaking aspen color spectacle begins in the high elevations in late September then trickles down into the foothills lasting through October. Here are six top leaf peeping picks. ABINEAU-BEAR JAW LOOP Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop, Sept. 28, 2013 This rigorous 7.2-mile loop on the north face of the San Francisco Peaks takes you up to a scenic saddle through moss-draped, spruce-fir woodlands of Abineau Canyon and back down the aspen-cluttered gorge of Bear Jaw Canyon via a 2-mile connecting walk along Waterline Road. Elevation range is 8,530 to 10,320 feet. Getting there: From Flagstaff, go north on U S180 (Fort Valley Rd.) to milepost 235.2 and turn right onto Forest Road 151 (Hart Prairie...