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| Yucca Tree near Cottonwood |
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| Yucca Tree near Cottonwood |
Camp Verde, AZ is approx. 90 miles north of Phoenix and about 40 miles
South of Flagstaff. As the June temperatures in Phoenix have been
consistently over 100 degrees, Paul and I headed north to escape the
heat. The best part of the West Clear Creek Trail is that you cross the
creek several times and it is deep enough to swim in places. Even
though it was cooler in Camp Verde, splashing ourselves in the creek was
refreshing. The creek/trail is in a canyon which serves as drainage for the
Mogollon Rim. In some places the canyon is 2,000 ft. deep. The trail
was easy as far as minimal elevation gain in the 4 miles that we hiked.
If we had hiked another 2.5 miles, the trail would have gotten steeper
with over 1,800 ft gain. We saw 2 young Big Horn Sheep on the side of
the canyon wall. The area is rich with sycamores, cottonwoods, Arizona walnut
and ash trees, with glimpses of red rocks periodically. The road to
get to the trail head was 13 miles of wash board, bumpy dirt road and steep in places. A little challenging for a regular car.
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