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East Webber Canyon-Turkey Trail Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 13.76 Miles |
2,500 AEG |
| | Hiking | 13.76 Miles | 8 Hrs 48 Mns | | 1.76 mph |
| 2,500 ft AEG | 1 Hour Break | 16 LBS Pack | | |
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| partners | | A week short of a year ago, Joe and I started a 27 mile 14 hour hike from Hell. The ultimate goal that day was to get to the Slick-rock spring area up in East Webber Canyon. We abandoned the last 1/4 mile of this search due to a combination of heavy prickly wet growth, Rain/Lightning, Mud, and bad attitudes.
I vowed never to go to this area again. Roll forward 51 weeks, and what hike do I plan?
We smartly started on top of the rim, parking just down FR6107 from Lee Johnson Spring.
What an extremely pretty canyon this is going through. Joe remembered going partway down this canyon years ago and getting stopped at one point. There really was nothing that bad going down. Whenever there was a large drop or obstacle, there was a way around it. We took our time, getting "Tibber Finger" from all the photos.
Just prior to reaching the slick-rock area, we started finding clues of the old trail. The slick-rock area is very lush. Green, Green, Green.
Next, the only part of this trail that would keep me from coming back. (yea, that's what I said last year). It only lasts for a 1/2 mile, but it is a half mile of thick, prickly, wet, overgrown, leg grabbing flora.
Once past here, it's clear sailing. On the way past Camp Geronimo, it sounded like the Boy Scouts at were practicing for their Merit Badges on Shot Guns, Semi-Auto Rifles, and pistols.
We took our lunch on the Turkey Trail at Turkey Spring. The Turkey trail is a winner in my book, the "Rocky Outcropping", at 6900' and about 350' shy of the rim, is another definite plus on this trail. It's a short .8 mile from the western TH for the Turkey Trail. Take some time to climb on the boulders and take is the views of the valley below and Rim.
We bailed on the planned trek around and close to the rim, because of impending storms and Locust. I'd like to try this again sometime.
Two main highlights on this one, the drop down East Webber Canyon and the Rocky Outcrop.
If we could get that 1/2 mile of crap cleared, it had book possibilities.
Video==  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIslPN4Dxfc |
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| | | Drank directly out of the pipe. Still alive today. | | _____________________
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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