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| no partners | | | I've had a visit to Willow Springs on my list for a bit now and decided to give it a try. A chilly 40 degrees when I started off on the Dutchman to Parker Pass. There is a 'trail' near Parker Pass that heads over a couple of saddles and into West Boulder Canyon. Made it to the first saddle and headed down into O'Grady Canyon and up to Tim's Saddle where any trace of the trail disappeared. There were a couple small sections of it here and there but not much else and the cairns that were there led to nowhere. Oh and did I mention the catclaw? Yeah TONS of it that had a field day with my legs. Got down into the canyon and just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, it did. The canyon was choked with catclaw, and you could not even boulder hop the creek as it was filled with Buffel Grass that was as tall as me and underneath all of that grass were some good size ankle breaker rocks. Made the decision to not continue on. Found a nice shady spot under some bedrock by the creek to relax for a bit and remove the catclaw thorns from my legs and headed back. A little bloody overall but still a great day in the Superstitions. |
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