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| | Hiking | 5.80 Miles | 3 Hrs 51 Mns | | 1.83 mph |
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| no partners | | | Revisiting the Bootleg slot canyon down Indian Springs Wash and environs. We went to the cave and explored down below that for another .7 miles. No javelina today but a dead owl and hawk?? Met “Mike, the Fireman” down below the cave who has hiked and camped all around this area for sixty years, so far as we could deduce, and told us that the wash down to a road taking you to the dam was easy hiking and not that far so we’ll try and do the entire wash pretty soon from what we are calling Bartlett Lake Rd down to Rio Verde, or close. Unfortunately, the Arizona Topo map calls most of the roads in this area Horseshoe Dam roads which leads to some confusion among those relying on the map. We did discover one better way to access the wash. Historically, we park ¼ mile or so uphill past the culvert and accessing a wash at right angles to Indian Springs, make our way down to the real wash and head south. This involves a great deal of duking it out with the catclaw. Much better to park fairly close to the culvert, and access it from the north side coming in just past the fencing. Otherwise, there was really no catclaw to deal with in the wash. The bamboo forest has extended its reach and is now a couple of forests but they can be bypassed carefully by staying up on the rocks. Since this wash has become more popular, you will discover several auxiliary trails that have been established bypassing insurmountable obstacles in the middle of the wash which were not there when we did this six years ago(the obstacles were there but not the walkarounds). Most of these trails are on the western side of the wash and are not necessarily cairned, which adds to the adventure. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation None
Fremont Cottonwoods a beautiful gold |
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Wildflowers Observation None
a few chuparosa |
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