Well, I made it over the saddle today. It's possible, though not easy. Extremely thick manzanita, steep slopes, and loose rocks on the west side made the up-trip somewhere between unpleasant and dangerous. Coming down the east side was considerably easier -- a lot less brush on the route I took. Fou...

I'm looking at connecting the ends of two canyon trails in Sedona: Bear Sign Canyon #59 and Dry Creek Canyon #52, finding a short off-trail connection over the saddle between two steep canyon heads. (My question will make much more sense if you look at the map below.) I'm asking if anyone knows whet...