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| | Canyoneering | 2.00 Miles | 2 Hrs 30 Mns | | 0.80 mph |
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| | Intermediate Canyoneering - Difficult or dangerous; Tech Climb; rope reqd; descent anchor; exit technical; | | B - Up to light current; wading/swimming; possible wet/dry suit | | II - Normally requires a half day |
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| no partners | | There are a couple options for this trip. You can park your vehicle in the campsite area just off Apache Trail Rd and hike the jeep road 1.5 miles to the drop in for Hose Canyon. This will make the trip a 5 mile lasso loop. The road is pretty rough and requires 4WD and high clearance even in dry conditions.
We elected to drive the road in my Toyota 4Runner and were able to park near the drop in to Hose Canyon about 1.5 miles from Apache Trail Rd. This made it a 2 mile loop hike. The jeep road runs along the west side of Hose Canyon near the drop in.
Down climbing into Hose Canyon is fairly easy as it is pretty wide at this point. We saw pockets of water below from the rains two weeks earlier. There were a couple down climbs and wades before reaching the first rap, which is 85 ft. from a bush on RDC. At the time there was no water flow other than a trickle. There was water at the bottom though.
The second rappel is 50 ft from a pretty bomber tree a few feet back from the drop. The anchor is high on the tree which makes for a pretty easy pull. You will need all of 50 ft. for this rap. We dual-lined a 120 ft. rope and there wasn't much on the ground although you could stop short and down climb a few feet. This rappel put you in the water where we had a deep wade.
We geared down at this point and hiked out towards Crucifix Canyon passing the south fork of Crucifix Canyon on our right first. There were a number of slimy green pools as we made our way down the canyon with lots of downed vegetation from recent water flows. Once in Crucifix Canyon, we headed downstream exactly 0.2 miles to the climb out on our left. The hiking was pretty easy in the creek with lots of green pools. It was easy to spot the break in the cliffs on our left and the climb out to the top. We could see a tricking waterfall which was our exit out of the canyon.
It was a great day to be in the Supes. |
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