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Alligator Pine Cottonwood, AZ
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| Hiking | 9.06 Miles |
1,366 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.06 Miles | 4 Hrs 24 Mns | | 2.83 mph |
| 1,366 ft AEG | 1 Hour 12 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | I had wanted to make a loop using Alligator Spring 9926 and a couple of off-trail canyons that appeared to have water. After the nearly 4 mile trail I dropped into Conger Canyon below South Mesa and quickly realized that the pace would be way slower than I had prepared for. Since I was solo and nobody knew where I was, I decided it was best to turn around and explore this canyon another time.
Before leaving however, I had to check out an area I had spotted on satellite and hoped to get to on my loop. Instead, I did a short trip in the reverse direction from the trailhead I started at.
It was the highlight of my day as I discovered a nice set of narrows with refreshing cool pools, and beautiful scenery. I took some time to cool off and relax before heading back to the truck. When I got back to camp, Tibber was there getting things set up, and Te-Wa arrived shortly after with a keg of delicious homebrew.  |
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Pine Canyon |
Light flow |
Light flow |
| | | Plenty of (swimmable) pools here with a light flow over numerous cascades. It doesn't appear that this area ever dries out entirely, though the flow may stop during dry seasons. |
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Pine Creek Spring |
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Quart per minute |
| | | I didn't see the source of this spring, because the entire canyon had flowing water. It appears that there would be at least pools of water here even in dry seasons. | | _____________________
| I'm not sure what my spirit animal is, but I'm confident it has rabies. |
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