Winter Cabin Trail #70 Photoset • chumley • 2017-05-29 • HikeArizona.COM

Winter Cabin Trail #70, AZ

	2017-05-29
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Winter Cabin Trail #70

Sedona, AZ

Winter Cabin Trail #70

Sedona, AZ

Hiking	5.61 Miles	1,182 AEG

Hiking	5.61 Miles	2 Hrs 24 Mns	2.48 mph
	1,182 ft AEG	8 Mns Break

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Ott Lake Trail #70B

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BiFrost

One plan was to hike down in the evening and camp near Winter Cabin, but the real plan was to not have a plan so that isn't what ended up happening. Nonetheless, I was interested in seeing the cabin and Ott Lake, so we headed down for a quick hike on Monday morning.

The upper portion of the hike is really nice in shaded forest. The cabin is slowly disintegrating. The springbox is filled in with dirt, but the drainage had plenty of water in it.

The trip to Ott Lake continues in the wooded terrain until crossing a small ridge and entering desert scrubland. The positive is that the views are great.

I've never seen Ott Lake listed amongst the rumored "three natural lakes" in Arizona. But it sure looks like one to me.

After a quick swim, we retraced our steps back to the trailhead and went our separate ways. I'd like to get back here and explore the other trails in the area.

Named place

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[ checklist ] Ott Lake Winter Cabin Spring

	Ott Lake	1-25% full	1-25% full
	Might actually be 30% full since 100% isn't more than 2 feet at the deepest point. Grassy marshy water over half the lake.

	Winter Cabin Spring	Dripping	Dripping
	Not really flowing but big pool. No problem filtering from here.

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