W Boulder Cyn to Willow Springs Photoset • vanman • 2013-11-05 • HikeArizona.COM

W Boulder Cyn to Willow Springs, AZ

	2013-11-05
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W Boulder Cyn to Willow Springs

Phoenix, AZ

W Boulder Cyn to Willow Springs

Phoenix, AZ

Canyoneering	11.70 Miles	3,191 AEG

Canyoneering	11.70 Miles	8 Hrs		1.67 mph
	3,191 ft AEG	1 Hour Break	16 LBS Pack

Canyon Hiking - Non-technical; no rope; easy scrambling; occasional hand use

A - Dry or little water; shallow or avoidable water; no wet/dry suit

III - Normally requires most of a day

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Mike and I had talked about checking out Willow Springs since last year and today we finally made the trek. We started at Lost Goldmine since we planned to come out on Peralta. We headed up Carney, went over the saddle and down the other side to the creek bed. We made pretty good time since there was very little water and things weren't too overgrown. Down near the bottom we realized it was going to be tough bushwacking and that's when we started seeing numerous white dots on the eastern bank. We followed those until the creek opened up again and back down we went. It was really cool hiking down there with 5057 visible most of the way.

Once at the spring we took a lunch break and then headed off-trail up the eastern slope to a saddle on the ridge. Cresting that saddle, we had a great view of Weavers. We enjoyed the view for a few minutes, then headed to a lower saddle that we knew was above Peralta. We made it down to Peralta and back out to the car.

This was a fun hike, but it was longer and tougher than I expected! The views were great and the remoteness of the spring makes it very enjoyable!

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	Willow Spring	Quart per minute	Quart per minute
	Hard to say exactly the flow rate, but there was a big pool at the spring with a small outflow connecting to a couple smaller, lower pools. The lower pools were very clear.

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