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| Hiking | 16.27 Miles |
2,747 AEG |
| | Hiking | 16.27 Miles | 6 Hrs 24 Mns | | 2.76 mph |
| 2,747 ft AEG | 30 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | Stormy weather and cooler temps made it seem like a few miles in the soup could be nice. Not as humid as last weekend and temps stayed in the 70s all day with cloudiness dominating about 75% of the time (the other 25% happened whenever we were climbing a big hill ](https://hikearizona.com/dex2/images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall") )
Wasn't sure what to expect with water, and was happy to find flows in places I wouldn't have expected. Peralta was dry. Barks was producing nicely. Bluff Spring Canyon and all the side drainages were nice higher up, less lower down. Surprisingly, LaBarge canyon was bone dry and had not even seen a hint of flow over the duration of the storm. It must just be a sponge of sand down there after a summer of little rain.
Charlebois had nice flow and downstream of there LaBarge was intermittent. The nicest flows of the day were on the way up Terrapin with flow in the drainages on all sides (and trail) all the way to within a few feet of Bluff Saddle, and then immediately flowing again on the south side and down from there.
I'm sure I had seen Wally's photo recon, but forgot or didn't realize the location ... the Marsh Valley, Calvary, Bull Pass, Dutchman area is absolutely obliterated. Pure moonscape. I didn't realize the burn had extended this far south. Ouch.
A good storm passed just to our east as we finished up, grazing us with wetting rain, but not quite enough to be completely drenched. Lightning stayed about 3-4 miles away which was nice. I rarely head out this way anymore unless conditions provide something unusual. Today worked for that. |
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Bluff Spring Canyon |
Pools to trickle |
Pools to trickle |
| | | Occasional pools, especially upstream. Fewer pools farther down. |
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Charlebois Canyon |
Light flow |
Light flow |
| | | Flowing nicely. LaBarge Canyon below Charlebois was flowing intermittently with numerous deep pools. |
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Crystal Spring |
Gallon + per minute |
Gallon + per minute |
| | | Canyon was flowing lightly |
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LaBarge Spring |
Quart per minute |
Quart per minute |
| | | A thicket of growth if you try to get to it. Ground was wet, sound of water dripping from spring above. | | _____________________
| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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