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| | Hiking | 9.00 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 1.80 mph |
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| no partners | | To give a family perspective with young children (6-14). As some have noted the hike is longer than indicated. It is more like 4.5 miles to get to the water. The best part of the hike was the first mile or so. We had to scurry down some really neat white sandstone with cool formations about a half mile in. Truly, the kids could have played there for a couple hours. After that, in another half mile or so, you come to a small arch. Then, for the next two miles the canyon slowly widens as it winds around. You see some neat formations and have a few valleys you can scramble up but nothing in particular to note. In other words, it was fine but if I did the hike again I would probably just do that first mile and have a picnic. After that, you come to an old ox-bow that has now cut through another arch you climb through. After that, the valley gets wider, the sand deposits get deeper and you start to see more and thicker willows so you know you are getting to occasional high water. We eventually got blocked by water/swamp and couldn't go further without a significant effort up over the top. With our younger ones we were not inclined. So we hiked back out. In all, 9 miles of mostly gradual slopes along the wash bottom. Other than a small portion at the beginning, there is nothing that would be considered a "slot", just a narrow wash.
To drive to it you do come to a wash that you have to drive through. If the water is just a few inches, it is solid enough a passenger vehicle goes through fine. In late March we did have some water but it was no big deal in our mini-van. Even if there is some trouble you are really close to the main road and can even see the self-storage units up on the hill so no worries. |
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