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| | Canyoneering | 4.00 Miles | 2 Hrs 55 Mns | | 1.88 mph |
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| no partners | | | Me and April aka Pathfinder left Phoenix after work Friday afternoon and arrived at Lees Ferry campground well after dark. Never been there before, so after we woke up and gawked at the cliffs all around us and moseying along the interpretive signs down by the ferry ruins we went looking for a hike that'd get us introduced to the Vermillion cliffs area. Saw the California condors hanging out under Navajo bridge, then found Soap Creek on Routescout and drove the 8 miles or so from the bridge to the trailhead on the side of 89A opposite the cliffs. The wash was dry and after a mile or so we started to get into some scrambling. Saw some petroglyphs! The first I've ever come across without previously knowing they were there. After scrambling down a few dry waterfalls we finally encountered about a 20 foot sheer drop with no obvious way around. With no rope and some more hiking planned elsewhere for the afternoon we decided to call it quits there and sat down to have a snack. Saw what was maybe? our first bighorn sheep silhouetted against the sky way up on the canyon rim. Either that or a deer. |
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average hiking speed 1.88 mph
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