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Hiking | 12.00 Miles |
2,000 AEG |
| Hiking | 12.00 Miles | 6 Hrs | | 2.00 mph |
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| no partners | | Hell's Hole, had to go there... too good a name. The trail was lovely, shaded in Pine, Alligator Juniper, etc.. Goes up then down, then level, and down about 1000 ft. to the creekbed. Backpacking during Monson season on a very wet weekend is always a risky venture so, I was ready for anything? So, it rained on and off until I got to about mid-way down into the canyon when hail and ice starts coming down sideways about dime to quarter size ice chunks are pelting me even from under a nice tree shelter I quickly hid under. I had to yank out my sleeping pad to protect myself from the chunks that were hitting me in the head, kinda felt like someone throwing a penny at your head, hard!... So, I was completely soaked when the storm moved past. I was planning to stay the night near the canyon bottom, but, Workman Creek wasn't even flowing, just nasty pools. I was counting on water there to stay the night and probably could have pumped from the nasty pools and been fine, but now I wasn't in the mood. I ended up hiking back out with a my full pack and calling it a day. This is a very pretty canyon and I intend to go back in the spring and overnight after a good snow pack melts, or maybe AFTER a good monsoon season when the creeks are really flowing. There was water in Reynolds creek near the ranch some flow and pools, but Workman was only pools. Two small deer followed me on and off most of the trip, I'd see them once and a while and see their fresh tracks in the mud quite a lot. |
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