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| | Hiking | 1.86 Miles | 42 Mns | | 3.72 mph |
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| no partners | | In Flagstaff for work this weekend. Melody and I hiked down to the reclaimed water creek generated by Wildcat WWTP on the east side of town. The A+ effluent creates perennial flow in Rio de Flag through picture canyon, and it is beautiful. The first time I came here was in 2013. I did not want to follow the trail on the southern side of the canyon, and instead bushwhacked along the north side and dropped down to boulder hop along the "creek." This time I followed the trail and quickly discovered that there are a vast amount of user-created trails crisscrossing the designated track.
Picture Canyon is of course named for they petroglyphs, but this was my first time actually getting close enough to the southern rock wall to find any. I have posted a couple pictures from what looked to be glyphs, but I need my HAZ community to authenticate them. I know very little about petroglyphs, but I would love to learn more. Living in AZ now has provided that opportunity!
The monsoon came down hard on Monday and the rain lasted six hours. But when the clouds broke at sunset, we got some magnificent views from Snowbowl, looking west.
In conclusion, Rio de Flag in Picture Canyon is a really special place and the perfect quick stop to tack on to any trip to Flag. It's also really quiet and secluded, even on a summer weekend. I did enjoy being here in the winter more, but only because all of the vegetation had died down, and it was much easier to bolder hop/explore along the creek! |
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