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Hellsgate 37 ( North ) to Tonto Creek, AZ

	2019-03-06
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Hellsgate 37 ( North ) to Tonto Creek

Payson, AZ

Hellsgate 37 ( North ) to Tonto Creek

Payson, AZ

Hiking	14.90 Miles	3,375 AEG

Hiking	14.90 Miles	7 Hrs 16 Mns	2.44 mph
	3,375 ft AEG	1 Hour 10 Mns Break

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Tonto Creek

Hell's Gate Trail #37

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It had been about 5 months since I had been to Payson, and I had never hiked to Hellsgate, so I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone and hike from the Hell's Gate TH to Tonto Creek.

There were quite a few creek crossings for the first and last 2.5 miles of the hike. I managed to do enough rock hopping to keep my feet dry.

I thought that this hike was VERY scenic. I didn't see any wildlife, but there were quite a few signs of elk in the area.

The descent over the last 1/4 mile down to Hell's Gate was really steep -- it was much better coming back up than it was going down.

There was lots of water in the confluence of Haigler Creek and Tonto Creek. Here is a video: [ youtube video ]

There were several creek crossings over the first couple of miles of the hike. I managed to keep my feet dry, but had to do a good bit of rock hopping to do so.

This is definitely a hike that I will do again. I imagine that it could be a hot hike in the summertime though.

	Haigler Creek	Heavy flow	Heavy flow
	There was lots of water in Hell's Gate at the confluence of Haigler Creek and Tonto Creek. There was also a good bit of water in the creek that is within a couple of miles of the Hell's Gate TH.

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