Charlebois from First Water TH Photoset • Lucyan • 2013-11-16 • HikeArizona.COM

Charlebois from First Water TH, AZ

	2013-11-16
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Charlebois from First Water TH

Phoenix, AZ

Charlebois from First Water TH

Phoenix, AZ

Backpack	16.70 Miles	2,490 AEG

Backpack	16.70 Miles	2 Days
	2,490 ft AEG		25 LBS Pack

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Starting at the First Water trail head and hiked in on the Dutchman trail. We got awesome views of Weavers Needle and Garden Valley as we headed towards Charlebois Spring (reliable water) where we camped for the evening. We enjoyed cocktails around the campfire Saturday evening.

On Sunday morning, we backtracked on the Dutchman but veered off onto the Boulder Canyon and Second Water trails to complete the loop. There's a pretty good stretch of boulder-hopping in the section.

The trip is 16 total miles and approximately 2,000' of elevation gain.

Here's a write-up of the loop, not including the section to and from Charlibois: http://hikearizona.com/decoder=1481

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