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Don't take your future wife to Devil's Chasm or Sierra Ancha Treasure during the first couple hikes you do cause every time you suggest a hike it will be met with extreme distrust and hesitation. She enjoyed the hike and was interested in planning a trip in the area as long as we don't enter the Sierra Ancha by way of Cherry Creek. 
Anyway, we did not go all the way to Pueblo Canyon stopping at the head of Cold Springs Canyon. She and Muesli stopped for a break. I preceded to go off trail as far down as I could get on the southern side of Cold Springs Canyon. She asked if they should join and I let her know it would not be a good idea. I was right! I drew blood more times in :47 minutes of bushwacking working my way down to the canyon wall and working back to the headwall than any previous hike. ](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
I was not able to get as far down the canyon as I had hoped. The views were great. The trail passes directly above where I found the large ice waterfall. I could hear water and could see the choke stone, but could not get a picture with the shadows. The water seemed to be coming from an underground source. The burnt trees and immense thick variety of sharp plants made it nearly impossible to get to the edge at least pain free. There was a little bit of relief walking along the edge, but then I had to exit back to the trail. The bushwack and exploration added about 1000 feet and 1 + miles to the hike. Good times although it was much windier/colder than I expected. I'm glad I denied the request to join me on the bushwack otherwise there would have been no future backpack with the fandamily. 
