Horton Creek Trail #285 Photoset • kpoole25 • 2009-10-24 • HikeArizona.COM

Horton Creek Trail #285, AZ

	2009-10-24
	6 by kpoole25

Horton Creek Trail #285

Payson, AZ

Horton Creek Trail #285

Payson, AZ

Hiking	3.00 Miles	1,183 AEG

Hiking	3.00 Miles	3 Hrs	1.00 mph
	1,183 ft AEG

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Decided to try this instead of West Fork of Oak Creek, trying to see some fall colors. It was a lot less crowded, but there were several large groups of boyscouts (I think maybe 4 groups with a total of 50-60 hikers...they looked like they were going to camp overnight). There wasn't a lot of color, the maples are not nearly as dense as West Fork. The oaks seem to have gone straight from green to brown

However, there's a lot more water than West Fork

, so I did manage to find a few spots where the color and creek converged. I only made it up about 1/2 way the trail, I was stopping to explore a lot, so maybe there's more color near the rim.

Autumn Foliage Observation Moderate

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Keith Poole

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