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| Hiking | 3.50 Miles |
605 AEG |
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| no partners | | I led this hike for the Sierra Club as a through hike with a shuttle (Kelly Canyon through Pumphouse Wash, from I-17 to 89A). After setting up the shuttle, we dropped into Kelly Canyon with its old growth ponderosa pine, on our way to the Pumphouse Wash bridge crossing. The scrambling and rock-hopping later intensified under the turning colors of bigtooth maples and gambel oaks until we reached the lower bridge crossing on Hwy 89A. The complete hike was approximately 7.5 miles one-way, with a 17-mile shuttle. The EC is -1,000 ft. The pictures are in sequential order from top to bottom; starting here with Kelly Canyon (12 pics) then finishing up on the Lower Pumphouse hike description (40 pics, see balance of trip photos on the other listing). The hike took us about 6.5 hours. Great day : )
Kelly TH Clarification:
After traveling the .5 miles to the tank/pond from I-17, I would suggest parking here. You can drive a little further, but the road gets much rougher, (you can walk just as fast), it's less than ¼ mile before you would have to park anyway and there is limited space. So after parking at the tank, head down the road on the west side (far side) of the tank and follow it north behind the tank and down the road. After only 100 yards or so the road forks and you can see the old cabin up on the hill of the right fork, take the left fork and continue down the road/drainage. After another 100 yards or so the drainage crosses the road (rough spot) this is your drainage. You can get in now or just 50 yards or so further as the road starts to climb. You are still heading north in a side drainage that starts from the tank. After another 100 yards you come to the Kelly Canyon confluence, take a left (west) heading down stream. |
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