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| | Hiking | 11.00 Miles | 7 Hrs 30 Mns | | 1.47 mph |
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| no partners | | If you like a good workout, this hike is for you! Myself and Bullzeye started on the Reavis Ranch Trail 109 from the north side. It was the perfect day to do this hike aside from the gusty, cold breeze. From the trailhead it makes its way gradually uphill for about 3.5 miles or around 1 hours time to the turnoff for the falls trail. This trail was in great shape and very easy to hike. I was suprised to see a couple of groups of backpackers heading towards the Reavis Ranch area on a tuesday.
The trail intersection to the falls was easy to spot do to the green grass everywhere which was a contrast to the trail. There was no cairn to mark the intersection, but we rebuilt one thats fairly easy to see. Another good way to spot it is at about the 3.5 mile mark when the trail turns to the south towards Castle Dome. Walk about 50 yards more and you sould see it on your left. We then made the left and up to the top of the ridge then back down the other side to a large juniper on the trail. This is a great place to take a break or camp. Its a large tree that offers a lot of shade. To the east about 50 yards are the ruins which was basically piles of stone arranged in square perimiters that was once some sort of ancient dwelling.
Now comes the pysical part of the hike! I'm an intermediate/out of shape hiker, so "physical" could have a different meaning to more advanced hikers. The trip down to the bottom of the canyon, as i kept calling it, was not too bad. The words echoing through my head at this time ,from the other triplogs I viewed on haz, was "oh god I have to climb back out of this thing!"  But we kept trudging on to the bottom. I was a bit confused at all the cairns that were along the trail down. But no turnoffs at them. The trail is easy enough to follow without them. The trail has several even spots to rest at, which I kept a mental note of for the trip back up. Once we reached the bottom, (i'm guesstamating 2 miles and 1600 ft. of elevation)we came to a strange, white concrete slab on the trail. It must have served some sort of purpose long ago. Then to the right a few more yards to Reavis Creek. I was not surprised to see that it was only a trickle, but there was water in it.
We then started upsteam to the falls which is about .5 of a mile. The creek bed was a bit of a chore to hike do to a lot of dead overgrowth and boulders but quite a few green cottonwoods. Once we made it to the falls, there was a small trickle comming down the rock face to a small pool at the bottom. This is a great place to soak your feet in the cold water. If it were warmer it would have made a good swimming hole. We had lunch and decided to head back out. Now came the climb back out which took us about 2 hours do to the slow pace and frequent rest stops. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it was a lot of work to get back up. As i write this my muscles from the waste down are a collection of sore knots. But this hike was well worth it. It was absulutly beautiful with all the views and green vegitation everywhere. I never thought that the Supers could be so green and full of life. It would be even more worth it to see the falls after a good rain judging from the pictures from other haz members that have been there when it did. Do this hike if your thinking about going! |
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Aaron
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Lots of people up there with their kids too.
. Next time I plan on taking it from end to end.
We all must have smacked our heads at least twice each. The floor seems to somtimes come up and almost meet the roof in places. Pretty cool experience though. I've never been in a cave (tube) of this size before. Only problem was it was a regular underground freeway with the 15 to 20 people we passed.
) Kenny, Joe, and a couple of others who I also forgot their names.(too much sun i guess) Sorry guys, you know who you are. Anyways we hiked/bouldered/swam back quite a ways to the first waterfall where we had lunch.
