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4,281 AEG |
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| partners | | I hiked to Reavis Falls with the cool kids @00blackout @adilling, and his tough son Johnny after a few good storms. The last time I was here, I had dropped down from the other direction. Hoping that the 2“+ of rain would reward our timing on the trip. The north side of the 88 was in pretty good shape after all the weather, and there was earth moving equipment out meaning they had been working on it. Noticed good flow crossing the Pine Creek Bridge, which was encouraging. Reavis Creek drains into Pine Creek on its way to the Salt River. The 212 up from the gate is now open to the Reavis TH shaving a couple miles off the trip. RS recorded my trip a bit longer than the posted route, no doubt due to me wandering around as I've been known to do.
The view of snow on Four Peaks and overlooking Apache Lake was really nice. We got a few pics off just before dawn at the TH and then began the trip. Temps were in the crisp 30s with pockets of visible snow in places. The road section first 3 ½ miles was a walk in the park. It’s mostly grassy and not much else due to the fires over the years. There is a lightly cairned route at the split to the falls, but in my opinion no better than just going XC. It’s possible to keep the route, but TBH it was more bother and attention than just going overland up Lime Mountain. The route follows the draw down into Cedar Basin and we took a short break at Maple Spring. We passed on finding the actual Maple Spring source due to all the rain, but there are poured concrete and perhaps rock structures in the area. I don’t recall going this way before, but it was as good a route as any. We could hear the falls cascading down Cedar Basin, which as a good sign as well. One day I’ll perhaps see if I can go down through that deep canyon section by Cedar Basin spring.
Once in Reavis Creek we knew we had scored. The flow was awesome! As we picked our way up the canyon towards the fall, we crossed the creek a couple dozen times. Deep pools and ice cold water made swimming impractical. We were rewarded with the best flow that I’ve personally witnessed at that fall. It was cold, and the spray at the base was a blast of ice. There was literally ice all around the rocks below the fall. We posed and climbed for some better shots at this amazing place. Then we grabbed some lunch and headed back the same way. Return trips are never as fun but had some good conversation along the way. We didn’t see much wildlife but an abundance of tracks including some cat. Despite the frost there were isolated pockets of stubborn flowers still in bloom. We arrived just before I needed to fish out my trail light, so that was nice. Had an unexpected surprise when I got back to my car, but that is a story for another day. |
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Cedar Basin Spring |
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| | | Heavy flow in the creek and impossible to determine the spring output. |
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Reavis Falls |
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Heavy flow |
| | | Heaviest flow I've ever seen here | | | |
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