Spencer Trail - Dominguez Pass Dry Loop Photoset • arizona_water • 2019-04-13 • HikeArizona.COM

Spencer Trail - Dominguez Pass Dry Loop, AZ

	2019-04-13
	11 by arizona_water

Spencer Trail - Dominguez Pass Dry Loop

Northwest, AZ

Spencer Trail - Dominguez Pass Dry Loop

Northwest, AZ

Hiking	8.36 Miles	2,571 AEG

Hiking	8.36 Miles	6 Hrs 18 Mns	1.52 mph
	2,571 ft AEG	47 Mns Break

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We met up with a group of friends from Flagstaff for a weekend at Lees Ferry.
The Dominguez Pass Loop was the first hike we did and it was really fun. The first half is fairly straight forward. The simple route finding over the sandstone on top of the ridge is easy and rewarding. Once at Dominguez pass, the route finding becomes a little more difficult. There were no cairns in April 2019.

Once you descend from the pass to the final shelf overlooking the Paria, the route is much more obvious and there's a clearly marked old mining route back to the Colorado River. The views over the Paria were amazing and I'm glad it was flowing so strong. Even in April, this hike was hot.

	Paria Canyon	Medium flow	Medium flow
	can't remember the exact CFS, but definitely high enough to packraft.

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