goofball
03-25-2008, 11:25 AM
spent a few days bp'ing here over spring break. never been to arizona for hiking before and damn glad we went. VERY pretty. a different flavor than the utah-centric mode i've been in for so long. felt very stuck most of teh time though, off trail is not much of an option here but in limited pockets. too many spiny things to poke and rip flesh and clothing. we caught it at the tail end of perfect i think. lots of blooming flowers but no cactus blooms. plenty of water, never more than a couple miles or so w/out seeing it in abundance. it was a very wet winter though. we put in at canyon lake along the boulder canyon trail and camped east of marsh valley and white rock spring day one. day 2 we looped east from there along the dutchmans trail to bluff spring and terrapin trail, up and over the geronimo shortcut to the peralta trail, then back to camp via upper black top mesa pass and the dutchmans trail again. *whew* we didn't want to be stuck w/ nothing to do but sit in place to finish the day, since off trail was not a pretty option. then day 3 we head out along the dutchmans trail, over bull pass to teh black mesa trail, up and over to the second water trail and then boulder canyon trail again to finish at canyon lake. had a blast !
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/562894820arRjjO
heading in along boulder canyon trail, the ever present weavers needle in the background
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/3757/2648592550044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2648592550044057460hfkrEV)
camp
http://inlinethumb47.webshots.com/21934/2389498400044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2389498400044057460gwdyKW)
weavers needle
http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/24326/2168515960044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2168515960044057460FMivYm)
poppys and cactus (decaying)
http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/17293/2034911460044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2034911460044057460LgFYRi)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/562894820arRjjO
heading in along boulder canyon trail, the ever present weavers needle in the background
http://inlinethumb46.webshots.com/3757/2648592550044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2648592550044057460hfkrEV)
camp
http://inlinethumb47.webshots.com/21934/2389498400044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2389498400044057460gwdyKW)
weavers needle
http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/24326/2168515960044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2168515960044057460FMivYm)
poppys and cactus (decaying)
http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/17293/2034911460044057460S600x600Q85.jpg (http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2034911460044057460LgFYRi)