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| Hiking | 3.87 Miles |
355 AEG |
| | Hiking | 3.87 Miles | 1 Hour 55 Mns | | 2.47 mph |
| 355 ft AEG | 21 Mns Break | 25 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Started out the hike putting on sunscreen and hot and finished it cool and completely drenched.
Found a nice new access access point that worked perfectly and I was planning for a solid five mile descent followed by a 3-4 mile loop back to the starting point.
I knew I was going to be rained on but little did I know just how intense the rainfall would be.
The rain was refreshing and invigorating but it soon turned into a straight up wicked thunder and lightning storm that was way too close for comfort.
It was a downpour of rain that rivaled some of the most intense precipitation spectacles I've ever experienced and I've spent more than 20 monsoon seasons in Northern AZ!
At that point I began to think the high probability of flash flood and second guessed continuing further downstream as I knew that I was headed for some narrow sections with no good bench relief and was also the area where I planned to stop and take photos.
I bailed and took a short steep exit ridge with a very fast pace out motivated by a few humbling nearby lightning strikes along the way and was more than happy to arrive back to my SUV.
Did some 4WD exploring in the mud afterwards and drove to the City Creek TH to plan for future hikes and to see if any rainfall accumulated in the creek bed. |
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