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| Hiking | 7.13 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.13 Miles | 3 Hrs 54 Mns | | 1.95 mph |
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| no partners | | Wanted to do Sedona minus crowds so thought this would be a good choice. Dry creek road was a fun off roading challenge for me! It wasn’t as bad as Schnebly but definitely had a few rock crawling sections that required 4Low.
There was only one other vehicle near the TH so I wasn’t sure if I was going to see anybody! Hike starts out flat and uneventful for a while and is a bit overgrown. It starts getting pretty around 2 miles in where you cross a little canyon. There was a nice campsite before the turnoff that goes to David Miller trail. After this trail junction the trail conditions got a bit more challenging for my healing ankle.
My plan was to hike as far as I could go without too much discomfort. After a second canyon crossing there was an area to the left with a flat surface looking down into a beautiful canyon with a bit of fall color. I took a quick snack break here then continued on. I ran into a solo female backpacker with her dog and we chatted for a minute; this would be the only other hiker I saw all day!
Next you drop down a bit and have beautiful canyon walls to walk along. The trail became very faint to non existent and you’re walking/rock hopping along in a creek bed. There was poison ivy and poison sumac everywhere so I was glad I was in pants! I was climbing under/over/around downed trees and things just became more difficult to navigate. Looking ahead it was more of the same and my ankle wasn’t happy with the rock hopping, so I opted to play it safe and turn around. This is the longest hike I’ve done since my injury and I hope to keep increasing mileage slowly.
The gnats on the way back were swarming so bad I even got one in my eye. I have no idea why they were so out of control but those things are so pesky! On the drive out I dusted a large amount of devils bridge hikers as I passed by.  |
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