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Porcupine Ridge Canyon, AZ
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| Hiking | 7.57 Miles |
451 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.57 Miles | 3 Hrs 33 Mns | | 2.13 mph |
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| no partners | | Today I hiked the unnamed on the east flank of Porcupine Ridge. West Chevelon Creek is on the opposite side of the ridge, so maybe this is a branch of that?
Though I did not start from the head of Unnamed Canyon, it was still easy “dropping in” to its bottom. It was smooth travel for about a half mile, then tightened up. The deadfall and brush was thickest from the 1½ to 2½ mile mark. Not bad, but physical work — especially since I had done only one hike of any significance in the past five weeks.
The walls of Unnamed Canyon never got too deep or steep. I saw no obvious bail points, but scrambling out at any point would not be difficult. More so than other nearby canyons, there was evidence of people being in it. (Occasional beer cans, with a couple dozen scattered just short of the 3-mile mark.) I grabbed what I could, but it was too much garbage to carry it all out.
After almost three hours — including photography breaks — I arrived at the bottom of FR 34H. Rather than enjoy the mid-day shade, I chugged up the rough road. I intended to turn off after a mile, taking FR 34I back to my trailhead. Despite walking slow, and thorougly scanning, I didn’t find FR 34I. It would be the same distance as the route I ended up taking.
The first half mile of FR 34H is strictly high clearance, 4×4. The remaining 1½ miles of FR 34H is SUV-drivable. FR 34B is car-drivable all the way back to where I started — where FR 34I is quite obvious. Go figure. Maybe I’ll do a future hike to map that, then head over the side of Unnamed Canyon to grab all those beer cans.
Rumble Video: https://rumble.com/v6v41ux-hiking-porcu ... n-rim.html
Vimeo Video: https://vimeo.com/1095242729 |
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Wildflowers Observation Light
Besides the pictured flowers: fleabane, alpine false springparsley, groundsel, pygmy bluet, Canadian violet, yellow salsify, plus red and yellow pea. |
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