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SANDYS CANYON TRAIL # 137 - Southeast of Flagstaff
Saturday, August 6th
Leader: Rich Flammang
email rich.flammang@honeywell.com
Length: 7.2 miles R/T
Phone: 623-878-6237
Rating: Moderate
MEET at Denny’s parking lot, SW corner of 1-17 and Bell Road, 7:00 AM Sharp - - to arrange carpooling
Elevation change: 500’
This trail joins the Fisher Point to Marshall Lake section of the Arizona Trail. Here is a trail just a few minutes outside Flagstaff that offers good photo opportunities, interesting geology, great views, and access to a longer trail that stretches all the way across Arizona. Sandys Canyon Trail starts out by skirting the rim of Walnut Canyon, a scenic rift in the same layers of rock that form the upper cliffs of the Grand Canyon. From the trailhead, you get a great view of the San Francisco Peaks with the cliffs of Walnut Canyon in the foreground. The trail heads north from the trailhead following the Walnut Canyon Rim for a short distance before it drops down Sandys Canyon into the main gorge. Sandys Canyon Trail then continues along the Walnut Canyon floor on an old jeep track to an intersection with the Arizona Trail. We will be following this trail to Fisher Point and beyond. We will turn around after 3.5 miles or so and head back the way we came.
