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Gap Creek to Verde River, AZ
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| Hiking | 2.00 Miles |
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| no partners | | Since I'm spending alot of time in Camp Verde these days, I've been exploring the area along the river. Today I took Salt Mine Road aka FR 574 to its end at what the forest service calls the Brown Springs Cabin. This is where Gap Creek crosses the road and where the Verde can be accessed. The trailheads for Oxbow Trail and Cold Water Trail #27 are here, too.
Water was running down Gap Creek, with more pouring out at the parking lot. I think this is Browns Cabin Spring. I went through a gate and followed the trail down the little canyon, crossing the rocky creekbed a couple times keeping with the trail. Three horses were in the little canyon, but they were tame (horse shoe prints) and the bay on the trail let me pet him as I went by.
I came upon another spring near the gate at the bottom of the canyon. Don't know the name of this one, but it was putting out alot of water. Then the canyon ended onto a floodplain and the Verde River.
I explored the area a bit, making note of where Jake had noted access to Towel Creek for a future hike. The river is very high right now and I wouldn't want to try to walk across. It seems unusually high and fast this winter.
After hiking upriver for a ways, looking at some rapids where the river is split around an "island", I made my way back. The horses were now in the corral by the cabin, but there were several other horses at the parking area.
The road out here is in really good shape, with a small dozer and a grader parked by the Chasm Creek trailhead. BTW, that area is closed til June 30 for eagle protection--I think it's called the Ladders. Sometimes F&G opens it earlier if the nesting is unsuccessful. |
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