First Water Lower Creek Shuttle Photoset • snakemarks • 2013-03-19 • HikeArizona.COM

First Water Lower Creek Shuttle, AZ

	2013-03-19
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First Water Lower Creek Shuttle

Phoenix, AZ

First Water Lower Creek Shuttle

Phoenix, AZ

Canyoneering	10.30 Miles	675 AEG

Canyoneering	10.30 Miles
	675 ft AEG

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I didn't have a shuttle, so I hiked this out and back.

This route has been seeing a lot more travel than it used to, as evidenced by the beaten path with many footprints, which gradually disappeared as I went farther down the creek until mine were the only ones visible. I was prepared to swim through the narrows, but I turned around at the boulder choked bend just ahead of that. My way around this would have sent me through a good stretch of tall grasses and heavy vegetation and I was reluctant to do that with the snakes out and about. I noticed a cave-like feature in the rock above, so I climbed up to investigate. It turned out to be a tunnel, of sorts, with a big (man-sized) gap to look down at (or fall into :scared:

) the creek far below and a bigger opening up ahead looking out the other side and over a cliff. It was easy enough to get up there, but once inside, it was not for the squeamish. Very cool.

There was plenty of water most of the way with some pools deep enough to dunk yourself, if you wanted or, in my case, even if you didn't want. Wading through some deep water, a misstep on the slippery rocks resulted in a splashdown on my butt... with my camera in my back pocket. :pk:

I was thinking... Well, OK, this one lasted 4 whole years, but I was happy to discover that its claim to be waterproof was actually true (at least to the depth of 1 foot for 3 seconds). :GB:

In spite of how busy it's become out there, I didn't see a single person ALL DAY until I got back to the truck. :y:

Wildflowers Observation Moderate

Hackberry Spring

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