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Wet Canyon - 4 members in 63 triplogs have rated this an average 3.5 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Jul 13 2025
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55 male
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 Small Town USA
Arcadia Trail #328Tucson, AZ
Arcadia Trail #328
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Jul 13 2025
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking3.00 Miles 200 AEG
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Wet Canyon
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Arcadia trail down to the creek crossing and back.
Then, down to Wet Canyon creek and back.
Low creek flow, flowers are picking up and saw a few raspberries.
:)
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Mar 12 2025
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 12 2025
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking2.00 Miles 200 AEG
Hiking2.00 Miles
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Round the Mountain Campground
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Up Wet Canyon to the climbing wall and back.
Stop at RTM CG to hike down to Noon Creek to check the flow.
Had a nice talk with a lion hunting couple at RTM CG.
They had 4 mules and 10 dogs :o
:)
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Nov 15 2024
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Nov 15 2024
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking1.00 Miles 200 AEG
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Wanted to check out the fall colors up the canyon.
Looked good, but a bit past prime.
Creek was flowing good from snow melt.
Had a nice hot coffee by the first waterfall.
:D
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Jul 23 2024
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Jul 23 2024
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking1.00 Miles 200 AEG
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Up to the waterfall for some alone time.
Watched a chicken come down to the creek before leaving :o
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Jun 28 2024
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Jun 28 2024
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking2.50 Miles 200 AEG
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John's Dam
Ladybug Trail #329
Jacobson Canyon
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Plan was a swim at John's Dam/Jacobson Canyon.
Both were bone dry, not even a puddle.
Plan B was Dry Canyon.
Took it up to the climbing wall.
Good creek flow up here and had some light rain.
Added a plan C with a short hike down to Jacobson Creek via Ladybug Trail.
Just chilled by the water.
Fun afternoon.
:)
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May 01 2024
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar May 01 2024
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
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Quick one up to the climbing wall.
R&R by the waterfall.
:)
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Nov 15 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Nov 15 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
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Just a bit up the canyon to the climbing wall for the colors.
Wowzers ... it looked good!
This canyon, although harder to get up now, is starting to look like the old Wet Canyon again since the fire flooding 6 years ago.
Ended the evening down lower with the Forest Service horses for sunset ... and 2 close hunters gun shots :scared:
:FG:
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Autumn Foliage Observation Substantial

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Nov 01 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Nov 01 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking1.00 Miles 100 AEG
Hiking1.00 Miles
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Round the Mountain Campground
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Quick one up the canyon for colors & waterfalls.
Campfire & coffee at RTM CG.
:)
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Oct 08 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Turkey Flat Trail #330Tucson, AZ
Turkey Flat Trail #330
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Oct 08 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking3.00 Miles 450 AEG
Hiking3.00 Miles
450 ft AEG
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Arcadia Campground
Wet Canyon
Partners none no partners
Turkey trail up to the first big overlook.
Arcadia CG for a ramen dinner.
Down Wet Canyon to the creek.
:)
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Aug 25 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Arcadia Trail #328Tucson, AZ
Arcadia Trail #328
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 25 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking4.00 Miles 600 AEG
Hiking4.00 Miles
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Wet Canyon
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Afternoon drive up to upper Arcadia campground.
First up I hiked a bit of the Arcadia trail up to the first rocky overlook.
Beautiful forest trail and with a rest alongside Wet Canyon creek.
Next up was the short hike down to Wet Canyon for a visit to a favorite little waterfall.
3rd up was a drive down to Angle Orchard for some apples.
Last stop was at Deadman Curve to watch several storms hitting to the East along with a rainbow, half moon and one killer stormy sunset!
:D
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Jun 24 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Jun 24 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking3.00 Miles 300 AEG
Hiking3.00 Miles
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Noon Creek Loop
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Up Wet Canyon to the climbing wall.
Surprisingly good creek flow.
Very thick flora now with lot's of dragonflies, fungus beetles & wasps.

Up Noon Creek to the upper crossing.
Not surprisingly very low creek flow.
Thick flora with a few frogs.

Wildlife spotted on the drive back down -
1 Whitetail doe
1 Turkey along the road, I've never seen one this low on Graham
10 or so Peccary crossing the Swift Trail straightaway

Perfect temps in the canyons, lot's of green & still some decent water to enjoy.
:D
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Mostly Columbines along the creeks.

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May 09 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Noon Creek Ridge Trail #318Tucson, AZ
Noon Creek Ridge Trail #318
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar May 09 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking5.50 Miles 800 AEG
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800 ft AEG
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Noon Creek Cutoff Trail
Wet Canyon
Swift Trail (State Hwy 366)
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Up Noon Ridge :next: down Noon cutoff :next: a bit up Wet Canyon :next: Swift Trail back to form a loop.
Still some good snow melt flow at both creeks.
Light wildflowers and some blooming cactus.
A tad warm for me, but not bad. Got me a sock tan line today.
Slow day for wildlife, 1 deer and 1 turkey vulture.
Highlight was playing trolls under the Wet Canyon bridge!
Good time with my buddy ...
:D
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Apr 21 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Apr 21 2023
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking2.00 Miles 200 AEG
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Ladybug Trail #329
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Checking snow melt flow.
Both Wet Canyon and Jacobson creeks flowing strong.
:)
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Mar 13 2023
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Snow FlatTucson, AZ
Snow Flat
Tucson, AZ
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SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Snowshoeing3.00 Miles 300 AEG
Snowshoeing3.00 Miles
300 ft AEG
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Ladybug Peak from Turkey Flat TH
Arcadia Campground
Wet Canyon
Partners none no partners
Wanted to get in one more snowshoe trip.
Was surprised on the drive up by how much snow has melted up there already.
First chose Turkey Flat.
Though I could make it up in just my boots ... way wrong!
Kept sinking into 2 feet of snow in the shady areas and bailed after only the first 1/4 mile.
Decided to quit messing around and just drive to the backside of the mountain to Snow Flat.
Not much snow on this south side, but Snow Flat road was completely covered as expected.
Made it down to the flat, rested then back up.
Just beautiful down there!
Quick stop at Arcadia on the drive back down.
No snow at all left in the campgrounds.
Hiked down to Wet Canyon to sit and have a hot coffee along the roaring snow melt creek.
It was a good winter on the Big Island this year, I will miss it!
I guess it's time to chase flowers now?
:D

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Medium/heavy snow melt flow.
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Nov 10 2022
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Nov 10 2022
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking2.00 Miles 200 AEG
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 no routes
Linked   none no linked trail guides
Partners none no partners
Up Wet Canyon a bit to view colors.
Most of the fall leaves have dropped here now.
Then a drive down the Swift to a hidden waterfall.
:)
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Oct 13 2022
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Arcadia Trail #328Tucson, AZ
Arcadia Trail #328
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Oct 13 2022
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking3.00 Miles 300 AEG
Hiking3.00 Miles
300 ft AEG
 no routes
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Wet Canyon
Round the Mountain Campground
Partners none no partners
Drove up Graham this evening for just a campfire dinner, ended up doing a couple short hikes.
First up Arcadia to the creek crossing, then down to Wet Canyon. Was hoping to maybe see the Mexican Spotted Owls, but could not locate them in the canyon. Arrived back to my vehicle to find them just off the road and low in a pine, like 8 feet low from the ground ... WOW!
Got some good close up pics and I think if I wanted to I could have touched one.
I then settled in at RTM CG just after sunset for that campfire dinner.
:D
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Sep 19 2022
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Noon Creek Ridge Trail #318Tucson, AZ
Noon Creek Ridge Trail #318
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Sep 19 2022
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking4.50 Miles 850 AEG
Hiking4.50 Miles
850 ft AEG
 no routes
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Noon Creek Cutoff Trail
Wet Canyon
Swift Trail (State Hwy 366)
Partners none no partners
It's been awhile since I've done this loop.
And the loop goes - Up Noon Creek Ridge :next: Down Noon Creek Cutoff :next: Side trip to Wet Canyon :next: Swift Trail back to the start.
The Cutoff Trail was the highlight on this late afternooner, last rays of the sun hitting the forest below on the descent ... magic!
Big storm cell hitting out to the east as I walked the Swift Trail back.
Rescued a baby Gopher snake off the road ... My gummo deed of the day.
Still pretty warm and green at 6000ft, but I could see some yellow under 10,000ft Heliograph Peak.
Really enjoyed this one!
:D
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Wildflowers Observation Moderate
Good flowers on the south side.

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Good Flow, multiple streams
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Aug 16 2022
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55 male
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 Small Town USA
Arcadia Trail #328Tucson, AZ
Arcadia Trail #328
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 16 2022
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking3.50 Miles 500 AEG
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Shannon Campground
Jacobson Sawmill
Arcadia Campground
Wet Canyon
Round the Mountain Campground
Roper Lake State Park
Partners partners
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Chad & Addie's annual mountain raspberry picking trip!
From Shannon CG, took the Arcadia trail out to about 1 mile and back.
Both our mason jars were full of sweets by the time we got back to Shannon :y:
We then drove back down the mountain and hiked to Cluff Dairy to check on apples & grapes.
Grapes are not even close to ready and the apple trees have already been picked almost clean, 2 apples left that we ate up on our hike back out.
Then a stop at Arcadia and hike down to Wet Canyon for some creek time.
RTM CG was the last mountain stop for a little R&R.
Roper Lake stop back in town to check water flow ended this fun day trip.
Wildlife - I think this was my first time ever spotting 2 endangered species in one day!
Mt Graham Red Squirrel up high & 2 Mexican Spotted Owls down low.
:D
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Wildflowers Observation Substantial
Substantial up high, moderate down low

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Aug 05 2022
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55 male
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 Small Town USA
Arcadia Trail #328Tucson, AZ
Arcadia Trail #328
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Aug 05 2022
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking2.00 Miles 300 AEG
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Wet Canyon
Arcadia Campground
Partners none no partners
Wanted just an R&R trip up in the pines, a couple short hikes happened.
First the Arcadia Trail sucked me in up to the first creek crossing.
Then back at Arcadia CG I hiked down to Wet Canyon.
Along the way I had another encounter with an endangered Mexican Spotted Owl.
This one let me get very close, like 5 feet close ... cool!
After my two short hikes it was back to Arcadia for dinner, campfire & stars.
:D

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Jun 13 2022
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55 male
 Joined Sep 29 2004
 Small Town USA
Wet CanyonTucson, AZ
Wet Canyon
Tucson, AZ
Hiking avatar Jun 13 2022
SkyIslander18 • Triplogs 2,607
Hiking3.00 Miles 500 AEG
Hiking3.00 Miles
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Noon Creek Loop
Road to Nowhere - FR 861
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2 previous days with big storms hitting the mountain.
Thought I would go up and check water flow.
Wet Canyon - Hiked up to the 1st waterfall. There was decent flow, there always is up there.
Noon Creek - Hiked up to the upper crossing. No flow, just pools.
RTN - Parked low and hiked up to the Jacobson overlook for some views down onto town. Then back down for some camp chair sitting waiting for the full moon to rise.
June's Strawberry moon looked very cool and was worth the 1 hour wait!
:D

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