Siphon Draw Trail #53 Photoset • RickVincent • 2010-03-07 • HikeArizona.COM

Siphon Draw Trail #53, AZ

	2010-03-07
	16 by RickVincent

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Siphon Draw Trail #53

Phoenix, AZ

Siphon Draw Trail #53

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking		Mar 07 2010
		RickVincent

Hiking	3.90 Miles	1,113 AEG

Hiking	3.90 Miles

	1,113 ft AEG

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My hike plans were washed out by heavy rains today. By 3pm conditions were looking a little better, even though still 90% cloud cover. Decided on a quick trip to Siphon Draw. Arrived at trailhead at 4:40pm. Only one other car in the parking lot and I ran into the guy on his way back down. I made it to the bowl in good time..45 minutes. Water was running. Could hear it all around me. Very cool to have this place all to myself. I roamed around the bowl, took a bunch of pictures and started my way down at 6:20pm. About a mile from the trailhead, I contemplated taking out my headlamp, but light was still fair. Felt a sprinkling rain begin to hit my back as I ran down the hill towards a lightning storm that was going on beyond the mountains in the distant northwest. The low light, the rain in my back, the lightning show...what a surreal feeling. Arrived at my vehicle at 6:50pm. Rain started to come down heavy as I left the park.

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