Chevelon Lake #180 - South Access Photoset • chumley • 2016-05-22 • HikeArizona.COM

Chevelon Lake #180 - South Access, AZ

	2016-05-22
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Chevelon Lake #180 - South Access

Payson, AZ

Chevelon Lake #180 - South Access

Payson, AZ

Hiking	0.84 Miles	339 AEG

Hiking	0.84 Miles	23 Mns	2.40 mph
	339 ft AEG	2 Mns Break

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After spending an hour driving down the absolute cluster :pk:

that is FR180 (I swear they are trying to make it impossible to get there!) I did a quick out n back to the lake. There were two people camped at the bottom and I think they were the guys Jackie and Lee spotted the day before. Just a guess though. :whistle:

Seriously though FR180 is so bad it's really indescribable. High clearance can make it without 4wd when it's dry, but many of the rutted puddles are deep and steep. It took me nearly an hour to go the 4 miles and I don't drive with a feather pedal. It was mostly dry today, but in wet weather, I wouldn't recommend it for anybody except the biggest trucks. Plenty of plastic bumpers and other car parts and remnants of homemade traction devices remain from where others have obviously gotten stuck before.

That said, there was a forrester and an escape at the trailhead, so it can be done.

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[ checklist ] Chevelon Canyon Lake

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