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| no partners | | Bit late, but this was an awesome pre-4th get out of town. April and I left Phoenix after work Friday and stayed the night at Cherry Creek CG, then continued on to the trailhead the next AM. The hike in was super pleasant, lovely to get down into the canyon and walk across/through the stream. Hiking poles made a big difference. We passed a lot of returning dayhikers so we expected a little bit of a crowd at the hot springs but there was only a handful of people and a couple horses set up in the vicinity when we arrived, maybe 2-3 other groups down by the stream and we took the prime hammock camping spots up near the springs. First time we both ever hammock-camped on a backpacking trip and it was great, will keep doing it that way in good weather. Nobody bothered us, and we didn't even have to share the hot spring with anyone till our morning soak the next day. We hiked in with a 6pack of SanTan and a full bottle of wine, definitely worth the added weight. Returned on Sunday via the Middle Fork trail, which was really nice in it's own right. The other hot spring near the visitor center is super-hot compared to Jordan but we sat in it for a bit anyway. We had hoped to make it up to the cliff dwellings after getting out, but they were already closed, ah well. After striking out finding an open coffee joint at 6pm on a Sunday in Silver City, we camped at Coal Creek CG in ASNF just over the AZ border before making it back to Phx midday Monday.
All-in-all this was a sweet little overnighter, very high reward/effort ratio, especially for a not-crazy crowded hike with Phx at 115F+. |
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