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| Kehl Canyon East Clear Creek Loop, AZ | |
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Kehl Canyon East Clear Creek Loop, AZ
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| Hiking | 13.42 Miles |
1,244 AEG |
| | Hiking | 13.42 Miles | 6 Hrs 26 Mns | | 2.30 mph |
| 1,244 ft AEG | 36 Mns Break | 14 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Headed to the top of the rim to try and find some cooler air.
It was in the 60's when we started, me and my new buddy Hugh Midity. He hung with me all day long.
I was soaked from the waist down for the first couple of hours from the dew and rain soaked foliage.
Going is mostly easy for the length of this canyon, with just a few bypasses required. Aways in, with my eyes on the ground. I was alarmed by a sound I had not heard before. I stopped and waited to see what and where is was. After is sounded again I spotted a fox on the other side of the canyon, 50 yards away. It barked? at me until I left the area.
[ youtube video ] .
Just after this I kicked up a good sized Bull Elk with a rack much larger than others I'd seen so far this year.
Hitting the end of Kehl Canyon I decided to head down canyon in ECC to hit some new territory on the way back.
It was starting to warm up and Hugh was holding tight. I soaked my neck gaiter and put it on my head to cool off.
After some off trail I headed back down ECC to try a new drainage off ECC. It was nice for awhile, but it got tight and the rocks started getting real slippery. I jumped out and climbed up the steep wall to the top to get on an old FR.
I saw more elk on the day than I could count. No deer and 1 fox. |
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
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Kehl Canyon |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | Plenty of pools that got more abundant the farther down canyon you go. | | _____________________
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
Dave Barry  |
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