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James Canyon Pumphouse Wash and Mortgage Spr, AZ
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| Hiking | 3.30 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.30 Miles | 3 Hrs | | 1.10 mph |
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| no partners | | Trying to find a dog friendly way into James Canyon and Pumphouse Wash from the 253 off of Newman Park exit. Last week we tried going north down the Wilson Seep drainage but that was filled with fallen trees which quickly became annoying and very tiring. Yesterday we tried the climber's trail off of 253G. I was worried how the pup would do with the steep slab I remembered from years ago but we did not make it that far due to some required steep scramble/downlclimb that did not interest him. We still had a good time that day enjoying the views of Pumphouse Wash and eating grass respectively.
Today we tried getting down to James Canyon via the drainage just north of the northern end of the 253G. We parked at the junction of 253 and 253G and followed the 253G until we hit the powerlines. We turned east here and followed the powerlines downhill until hitting the 9468W. I decided to follow this old road as long as I could to save us time of having to jump over dead trees in the drainage as much as possible. To my surprise the 9468W continued further than GAIA or the Forest Service maps on CalTopo indicated.
When we reached the end of it we found a small trail leading down into James Canyon. We followed it to the canyon floor. There we were met with lots of riparian brush and basalt and limestone on the canyon floor. We continued to the west until we very quickly arrived in Pummphouse Wash. Here we turned south and after just a minute or two came across a very large pool that neither of us wanted to cross. I admired that Coconino sandstone and Kaibab limestone as well as the riparian flora.
On the way back we went by Mortgage Spring. It trickled at a rate of maybe a quart a minute. It is a beautiful little area around the spring with many junipers around the area that the spring and the drainage has cut through the basalt bedrock. From there we followed a nice wide flat drainage to the south back towards where we had began. |
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On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings |
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