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| Hiking | 2.09 Miles |
244 AEG |
| | Hiking | 2.09 Miles | 3 Hrs 27 Mns | | 1.10 mph |
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| no partners | | I've seen numerous pics of Water Wheel Falls, and thought that it consisted of just that one waterfall with the log. I didn't know that there are 5 legit waterfalls along the 0.8 mile span, plus at least 9 cascades. It wasn't particularly crowded when we started. We stopped and played in each of the falls along the way. At the final falls, we played on the waterslide and practiced our backflips. We checked out the top of the falls, but stopped at the private property signs. While we were up there, the bottom of the falls became pretty crowded. On the way back, we checked out all the cascades in East Verde River (no other people there) and did some rock hopping.
There is one 20-foot waterfall at the end of a long canyon. The water is deep there, so I was treading water in the middle of the creek, holding my phone above my head, trying to get a good picture, but the phone fell into the water and sank. I was devastated. I returned to shore, borrowed a swim mask from a family that was passing by, and dove down to try to find the phone, but the water was too murky to see it. I returned the mask, and dove down again, feeling around with my hands among the rocks and sticks at the bottom of the creek. Finally I found it! After shaking out the water, it still worked! And the pictures were ok. Crisis averted.
Picked up some trash along the way, but there wasn't very much. Nowhere near as much as there was at Cibecue. |
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I hadn't been in this area and Bruce was a great guide and showed me all the cool spots. Cool area and you are able to pick a route even I could do. 
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We did it a little differently this time, we followed the directions on here starting at second crossing. On the way out to the falls, we hiked along the east verde and then along ellison creek. Lot's of water crossings here, both my girlfriend and I fell in at one point, so most of the hiking was done soaking wet. I was lucky that both my phone and Go Pro survived. I need something more grippy on the wet rocks than my "mandals" 
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I've always avoided this place because I always heard of how populated in can be but it was a blessing to have the whole place to myself! Went to the large cascade with the giant log but the falls that caught my attention the most was the dramatic drop just downstream from the confluence of the East Verde and Ellison where it's situated in that narrow canyon. This place is just a waterfall paradise, I thoroughly enjoyed the entire area, just the unique geology of that area makes all the water flow in such a captivating way! Another falls that caught my eye was Bridal Veil Falls or at least that's what I'm naming it since it's very fitting. It was great to finally visit this place and boy am I jealous of the houses that reside along Ellison Creek, think I may have a future dream home in mind!
