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| Hiking | 20.75 Miles |
2,424 AEG |
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| no partners | | Nice jaunt across the Tonto - stops at the lower caves in Cottonwood (water flowing in the canyon), Grapevine; (extensively explored up and down-canyon from the crossing)(water flowing there as well - and the unnamed side canyon on the east side of Grapevine Canyon also had flowing water), Lonetree;(rained quite a bit, but visited (jealously) for quite a while with 2 'Haydukers' on the last leg of their trip, Cremation; again explored up and down canyon for a full day and had a layover day to hike down to Phantom for a beer (they have added Grand Canyon Amber to the standard Bud & Tecate offerings)and some cards and then back to Cremation. NOTE: the western boundary of the Cremation camping 'zone' has been moved eastward to the bottom of the western arm of Cremation - even had a BC L/E ranger pop in (where do they FIND these guys?) Why they moved the boundary is a mystery, but as there was no rain in the vicinity, camping in the drainage was pretty nice!
Rim-bound, used the cut-off route igallery/image_page.php?id=4590 to avoid the tip-off (much better going DOWN this shortcut) then up the SK to the Rim. SK is getting a lot of mule traffic as the NPS has moved trips from the BA and unfortunately the trail shows it.
Nice, somewhat blustery days were perfect for backpacking the Tonto. Prickley-Pears were blooming like crazy! Globemallows, etc. as well. REALLY pretty time to be in the Canyon! |
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
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Cottonwood Creek |
Medium flow |
Medium flow |
| | | Flowing at the Tonto Crossing and above |
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Cremation Creek |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | No flow whatsoever. Pools in the narrows (center arm) just downstream of the Tonto crossing, will likely not last long. |
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Grapevine Creek |
Medium flow |
Medium flow |
| | | Flowing at the crossing - MUCHO water upstream in the narrows section |
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Lonetree Canyon |
Light flow |
Light flow |
| | | Slight flow at the Tonto crossing- Real spring is down-canyon about 10/15 minutes, creek right | | _____________________
"The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient."
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW |
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