hiking the NEW falls at Reavis

te_wa · Post by **te_wa** » Jan 20 2004 12:14 pm

apparently, a new landslide has created a second water fall at Reavis Falls. According to AZ-outdoorsman, this new landslide is 50-60 ft. high, and is now flowing stronger than the original falls, and has taken out a few trees in its path. Seems it is just to the right of Reavis, I dont know if it will aquire its own name, would be interesting to find out, since there are now two distincively different cascades.

WHO wants to hike this thing ASAP?!!
Im thinking in the next 2 weekends we could do another group hike.

see AZ-outdoorsmans new post for Reavis Falls

hikeaz · Post by **hikeaz** » Jan 20 2004 1:54 pm

Friend's hiking Club is going THIS Saturday, the 24th.

REAVIS FALLS - Superstitions
Sat, Jan 24
Leader: Craig Hammond
Length: 14 miles R/T
Phone: 480-855-0640 (evenings)
Rating: Moderate +
We will carpool to the trailhead; please contact the hike leader for details...
Elevation change: 3200 +/-
After gathering at a viable meeting spot in the east valley, we will car pool to the Reavis trailhead, located about 2 miles east of the Apache Lake turnoff on the Apache Trail. After following the Reavis trail for approximately 3 miles we will take a side route (unmaintained) heading east bound to the head of a box canyon. We will follow the box canyon south to its end where Reavis Falls pours into the canyon. The Falls have been measured at 187 feet and are very impressive after a good rain. We will return on the same route. Depending on hiker sentiment, we can stop for dinner on the drive back.

Davis2001r6 · Post by **Davis2001r6** » Jan 20 2004 6:03 pm

If you don't want to do the friends hiking thing. The weekend of the 31/1st works for me.
-TIM-

te_wa · Post by **te_wa** » Jan 21 2004 8:27 am

ok, heres the scoop:
we will be leaving for the East Valley on early Saturday January 31st for an overnight backpack into the Supes. from a reliable area where we will park and possibly carpool into the upper trailhead of Reavis. This is possible with a sedan, providing no severe rain hits the area. The Reavis Trail is quite popular, so arriving here at 9 am is the best bet. The Reavis Falls trail thins out as far as crowds, and is 11 miles round trip hiking. There are 2 camping areas about .5 mile from the falls. We will return on Sunday, Feb. 1st.

contact me for more info, act now this hike will fill up soon!

Davis2001r6 · Post by **Davis2001r6** » Jan 25 2004 8:29 am

Looks like the weather will finally be clearing up by then. Highs in the low 70's and a low around 40.

For any people skeptical of going, don't worry we'll be back in plenty of time to watch the Super Bowl.
-TIM-

hikeaz · Post by **hikeaz** » Jan 25 2004 9:50 am

We (12 from Friend's Hiking Club) completed this hike yesterday as a dayhike. It was overcast all day and sprinkled a few times, but all-in-all a nice day for a hike.
The trail was muddy after the rains the last few days, and the boulders in Reavis Creek were as slick as @#*%$#. It would have been much more pleasant, not to mention SAFER, had the boulders been dry. But it was an adventure.

As stated earlier, there is nice camping at a couple of places just as you reach Reavis Creek on the way in.

I'm in agreement that it appears that the "NEW" falls might replace the "old" falls, in time - it appears that about 1/2 the flow is coming over the "New" section.

The road from Apache Trail to Reavis T/H is in excellent shape, about any car with over 3" of clearance should have no problem. We left the T/H @ 9, were at the falls by 10:45, had a snack break 'til 11:30, or so, and were back at the T/H by 1:40.

AZBrad123 · Post by **AZBrad123** » Jan 25 2004 9:52 am

Hey Mike, i am definetly in. Looking forward to it.

HikerInGilbert · Post by **HikerInGilbert** » Jan 26 2004 10:18 am

I echo Hikeaz's comments (other than the amount of time it took to get to the falls...

)

The new rockslide is pretty ominous. Should be a really cool sight to see them both flowing hopefully this spring. Need some snow up there though.

To the guys making the pack trip, if there's a hint of precipitation for that area, I'd put off for a bit. The trail down into the canyon is slick as all get-out when wet, not to mention getting back out again. I was there with a few others yesterday during a pretty constant drizzle/rain. It's a much more pleasant hike if nicer weather.

Very nice camp spots down by the creek. Well, there are others along the trail too, but there's water near the last camp spot.

whereveriroam · Post by **whereveriroam** » Jan 26 2004 1:26 pm

I went to the Falls with a group of 6 including HikerInGilbert yesterday (1/25/04). The weather was very un-Arizona, we hiked in the clouds, rain and hail for most of this trip. Our trip time was about 7:30 hours R/T and it sure felt more than 11 miles. A word of caution for those of you preparing to go in the near term: The new rock slide hasn't completely settled and I was able to see firsthand from about 100' a minor one come down. Even though it was a small slide there were some good head sized rocks that would've ruined one's life come down.

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Jan 26 2004 2:06 pm

To corrupt a phrase: Geology Happens!

Be careful out there!

te_wa · Post by **te_wa** » Jan 26 2004 2:37 pm

horrible conditions? sliding rocks? danger and hardship? sounds like my kinda hike. And people, we dont plan on disturbing the rock slides. They are called slides for a reason. Thank you all for the information, I myself and probably all the others in this group will take your advice. The "crew" is 6 strong and growing, any more folks out there wanna join up, PM me or AZBrad123.

OR, just be at the trailhead at 9a.m. on Saturday and keep an eye out for a bunch of good looking young men in tight shorts.

Davis2001r6 · Post by **Davis2001r6** » Jan 26 2004 3:49 pm

Thanks for the info everyone! That just sounds a little more fun to me when you add a little risk. Although none of us want to see anyone get hurt though.

See you guys on Saturday!
-TIM-

whereveriroam · Post by **whereveriroam** » Jan 29 2004 11:30 am

When I went this past Sunday (1/25/04) the flow was disappointing. We did come across 2 good sized pools of water that should be their for awhile.

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