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| no partners | | This was the first stop of an eight day foray on the north rim of the Grand Canyon that included: a trip to Toroweap, Lava Falls, Nampaweap Trumbell, Jump Up Trail, a three day backpack into Deer Creek and Thunder River and a quick finale in Marble Canyon. This little over night backpack turned out to be a tremendous start to our trip. I was very intrigued by the prehistory of the area and thought it was an ideal backpack for Jackie and the pups from the sounds of the terrain, so I decided to make this my introductory venture into the Kanab Creek Wilderness.
We drove up Friday night and slept at the trailhead for an early start Saturday. The trail is in great shape, the tread is heavy and it is pretty easy to follow. However, some may prefer pants or gaiters for the sporadic sections of over growth along the trail. The rock art is tough to miss and it really is some of the best I have seen and worthy of the praise it receives in the hike description. I was thankful I brought along Jackie because she pointed out about three times as many ancient drawings as me, which she attributed to me walking too fast. The area is a very dry. In fact, I was starting to really worry when the trough described in the description was in major disrepair and dry as a bone. We moved towards the spring location on my GPS and passed another empty and defunct trough before finally reaching the source, where a beautiful seep was filling two cement troughs with clear cool water. I thought, "phew we were not turning around for a 16 mile day hike with over night packs!"
After finding out we were not going to die of thirst, we did a lot of exploring in the area and were not disappointed. The amount of quality rock art out there is unprecedented and the figures depicted leave one mystified. In fact, I am probably more intrigued than ever now about the prehistoric people of the southwest. After a perfect night, with perfect conditions it was a quick hike out the next morning, a few more finds and on to Toroweap. |
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| | | One full and one partially full overflow trough, spring dripping nicely. Go directly to source of spring on topo map. Under large overhang. | | _____________________
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