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| Hiking | 7.08 Miles |
1,211 AEG |
| | Hiking | 7.08 Miles | 7 Hrs 16 Mns | | 1.36 mph |
| 1,211 ft AEG | 2 Hrs 4 Mns Break | | | |
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| partners | | | S had never been in Peters Canyon or to the cave, so we originally had this planned a couple of weeks back, but the Arctic winds had other plans, so we put it off, and our schedules aligned to do it yesterday. Parked at Tortilla Flat at 7:30 as Adot was driving up a Cat to help get the semi 'unstuck' from Fish Creek Bridge. Took the use path up and over into the canyon, where there was a use trail off and on throughout the hike. Huge swimming pools in Tortilla Creek, so much so that a couple of ducks were enjoying them. Made the turn up Peter's Canyon, taking the very brushy left bypass over a majority of the house-sized boulder section. The flat rock area is always my favorite part of this hike, and it did not disappoint with huge pools along with some light flow. We made our way up to Peters Cave, spent a few minutes there before S continued to the waterfall section (my ankle was not digging the rock hopping, so I stayed behind). Uneventful hike back to Tortilla Flat, where we were greeted by throngs of snowbirds driving 10 mph along the Apache Trail. I hadn't hiked this section of Peters in a couple of years; it was good to get in there again as it is a beautiful area. |
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| | | The initial part of the canyon was dry; however, there are tons of huge pools along the way. | | _____________________
Hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee.  |
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