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Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse - 2 members in 7 triplogs have rated this an average 3.5 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Jan 27 2018
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47 male
 Joined Jun 10 2011
 Phoenix, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek OuthouseCamp Verde, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse
Camp Verde, AZ
Canyoneering avatar Jan 27 2018
The_Dude • Triplogs 364
Canyoneering9.63 Miles 859 AEG
Canyoneering9.63 Miles1 Day         
859 ft AEG
 
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Agua Fria River via Badger
Badger Springs Trail
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Uberdroog
Got in a fun and easy weekend trip up to the Agua Fria NM. We had been looking at this one for a while as a backpack trip going from Silver Creek down to Sunset Point, but we had considerable doubts about water availability due to the lack of winter rain this year. We got the idea to park an extra car at Badger Springs for some water just in case there was not much to filter, but then got to thinking that we could just leave our big packs there as well and do the trip as a series of two day hikes, with an easy 2 mile backpack in the middle. Saturday started off great, we started hiking about 10 after we set up our shuttle and took a nice leisurely pace. Turns out that the small storm we had in Phoenix the weekend before was more than enough in the northern part of the state to fill up the Agua Fria. There were still some large dry expanses, but pools to moderate flow were the norm for this part of the trip. We made it back to the Earthiest's car about 2:30, grabbed our big packs, and headed back for the confluence. Great little spot right on the bank of the river, nice bit of shade and we were able to scavenge a surprising amount of wood for a campfire. Unfortunately, the Droog got a pretty wicked headache and started feeling ill, after a few hours he thought he would be better off spending the night at home. We helped get his gear all packed up, doused the fire, and hiked back out Badger Springs wash to get him to his truck parked down by Sunset Point. Hiked back in to camp for the rest of the night, weather was great and the wind stayed calm until about 9 or so Sunday morning. The Earthiest and I spent a nice lazy morning in camp since we were not completing the second leg of our trip, made it back to Phoenix in time to catch some lunch with my family. Bummer that we could not get the whole hike in, but a fun trip nonetheless.

water 1 out of 5water less than maxwater less than maxwater less than max Baby Canyon Pools to trickle Pools to trickle

water 1 out of 5water less than maxwater less than maxwater less than max Badger Spring Wash Pools to trickle Pools to trickle
A few small pools and wet sand, large pools and good flow at confluence with AF

water 1 out of 5water less than maxwater less than maxwater less than max Bishop Creek Pools to trickle Pools to trickle

dry Silver Creek Dry Dry
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Jan 27 2018
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54 male
 Joined Jul 16 2011
 Phoenix, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek OuthouseCamp Verde, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse
Camp Verde, AZ
Hiking avatar Jan 27 2018
Eartheist • Triplogs 234
Hiking9.63 Miles 859 AEG
Hiking9.63 Miles
859 ft AEG22 LBS Pack
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Jan 27 2018
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47 male
 Joined Jul 01 2011
 Wexford, PA
Badger Springs to Silver Creek OuthouseCamp Verde, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse
Camp Verde, AZ
Hiking avatar Jan 27 2018
Uberdroog • Triplogs 179
Hiking6.51 Miles 583 AEG
Hiking6.51 Miles   4 Hrs   34 Mns   1.66 mph
583 ft AEG      39 Mns Break27 LBS Pack
 
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The failed camp trip and through hike. Drink more water and bring less beer :(
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Jun 20 2015
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47 male
 Joined Jun 10 2011
 Phoenix, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek OuthouseCamp Verde, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse
Camp Verde, AZ
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The_Dude • Triplogs 364
Hiking5.56 Miles 425 AEG
Hiking5.56 Miles
425 ft AEG12 LBS Pack
 
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Did this one for the wet dry mapping of the Agua Fria. We ate dinner in town Friday night and headed up to drop a car at Badger Springs, then off to Bloody Basin road for a low-key camp out. We camped right down the road from the Horseshoe ranch and right by the Agua Fria, found a few nice trees to hang up the hammock on. Hit the trail by about 7 after a leisurely breakfast and pack up. We headed south from the outhouse over to Badger Springs, mapping the visible water as we went. There was a substantial amount of moisture in the Fria, not too surprising with all of the May precip we got. After we finished up the hike, we had a victory beer under a big Sycamore and headed to Black Canyon city and the Heritage Park to drop off our data and pick up a free t-shirt. Good stuff, worth doing again next year!

dry Baby Canyon Dry Dry

water 1 out of 5water 2 out of 5water 3 out of 5water less than max Badger Spring Wash Medium flow Medium flow
Large pool right at the BS/ AF confluence

dry Bishop Creek Dry Dry

water 1 out of 5water 2 out of 5water less than maxwater less than max Silver Creek Light flow Light flow
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Jun 20 2015
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 Routes 7
 Photos 273
 Triplogs 234

54 male
 Joined Jul 16 2011
 Phoenix, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek OuthouseCamp Verde, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse
Camp Verde, AZ
Hiking avatar Jun 20 2015
Eartheist • Triplogs 234
Hiking5.56 Miles 425 AEG
Hiking5.56 Miles
425 ft AEG
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The_Dude
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Did this for the Agua Fria Wet/Dry mapping - stopped and recorded GPS coordinates for the beginning and end of each water section. Camped out at near Horseshoe Ranch off Bloody Basin Rd, got into the canyon around 7am. Really nice in the morning until 9 or so then started warming up. Right around when the tree cover disappears :P. Climbed out at Badger Springs around 11am. There was a lot more water than I expected, made for some nice scenery. Fun hike, a little warm on the 2nd half, but I'd probably do it again next year. Have to try and start earlier, probably at sunrise. Some pretty good wildlife sightings: saw a Gila Monster, Jackrabbit, nice big Hawk, and a ton of giant crawdads in the pools.
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Jun 21 2014
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47 male
 Joined Jul 01 2011
 Wexford, PA
Badger Springs to Silver Creek OuthouseCamp Verde, AZ
Badger Springs to Silver Creek Outhouse
Camp Verde, AZ
Hiking avatar Jun 21 2014
Uberdroog • Triplogs 179
Hiking6.30 Miles 727 AEG
Hiking6.30 Miles   5 Hrs   7 Mns   1.95 mph
727 ft AEG   1 Hour   53 Mns Break20 LBS Pack
 
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Summer Solstice wet/dry mapping trip for the BLM/Friends of the Agua Fria.This was the first year I took part in this event. Luckily we were assigned an area that we wanted to do a through hike. On the 14th we went to a 4 hour introduction meeting. We went over the area, process and equipment. All in all it was not rocket science. Basically dropping pins around water sightings.

We started early so we could drop off a vehicle at the silver creek outhouse and make our way back to badger springs before the sun came up. We were close enough as the weather was still cool. We expected 100+ weather and as the BLM guys told us, statistically the hottest and driest day of the year, woohoo! Badger Springs to the Agua fria is almost exactly a mile. Once you get to the AF it is ladies choice so we just started picking our way north. In this direction the rock hopping is only a few hundred yards. After that it is mostly flat open desert when the river is dry. When it is not dry you might have to do some route finding so you don't get wet and at times there are cliffs on either side so depending on the flow you might be getting wet.

Nothing extremely noteworthy other than the lack of water. From the data we seen from the orientation meeting there should have been more deeper pools. This is not a good sign. My very conservative hiking partner refuses to believe there is anything we can do and little cause for concern. I on the other hand subscribe to some, as he would put it, "suspect" science. We saw a few pools with a vast population of crayfish and bullfrog tadpoles and a few birds but not much else. There were signs of critters but actual sightings. On that note I wanted to make a point about bringing a dog. This trail would be pretty dog friendly. It is the heat and exposure that is not that friendly. Take that into account and what time of year your making your journey.

The real fun was about 100 yards from the end point when my hiking partner remembers that he left the shuttle cars keys in his shoes...in my truck...7 miles back that way. Good thing we were on official business. BLM came down from Cortes Junction and shuttled us back to badger springs. This added an hour to the trip easily. As this is our fist shuttle hike I will excuse the indiscretion.

I highly recommend exploring out this way in all seasons. I would also request that next year some more people join us on this adventure. Next year I am going to lobby for Badger Springs south to Sunset point through hike. Some awesome rock hoping in that direction.
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A few flowers around some of the pools. Much more between Baby Canyon and silver creek where most of the water was.
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67 male
 Joined Jul 28 2004
 Scottsdale, AZ
Agua Fria River via BadgerCamp Verde, AZ
Agua Fria River via Badger
Camp Verde, AZ
Hiking avatar Jan 15 2006
mazatzal • Triplogs 1,347
Hiking10.50 Miles 1,100 AEG
Hiking10.50 Miles   5 Hrs   15 Mns   2.00 mph
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Loop hike from Badger Springs: up the Agua Fria up onto Perry Mesa and then back down to the river and downstream to Badger springs.
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