Dry Beaver Creek WOODS CANYON TRAIL #93 - SEDONA
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Dry Beaver Creek
WOODS CANYON TRAIL #93
Let's go hiking in Sedona’s Red Rock Country. The well-known trails that wind around Oak Creek, Dry Creek and their watersheds are easy-access-crowd favorites, but few venture into the isolated domain of Woods Canyon where the ordinarily parched groove of Dry Beaver Creek runs wild for several months each year. One of the best ways to enjoy the transient water works is to take a hike on the Woods Canyon Trail #93.
This trail leads up the gorge created by Dry Beaver Creek, through Jacks Canyon riparian area – a lush strip of cottonwoods and reeds fenced off from grazing by deer and domestic livestock. We'll make a couple of easy creek crossings here.
Although much of the trail leads above the water level, views of the flowing creek and swimming holes make a harmonious transition between the forested path and boulder hopping, coupled with fresh tracks of deer and javelina in the soft, wet sand below.
The highlight of the hike is a sandstone “beach” at the 3.5-mile point. Mounds of water-scoured russet stone slouch into the creek like melted taffy. This scenic, sycamore-cluttered spot at the juncture of Woods and Rattlesnake Canyons features rushing rapids, swirling eddies and still pools that reflect the rusty edifices and charcoal volcanic cap rock of the surrounding mesas. The trail is reasonably easy to follow for about another mile
A portion of this hike is through the designated “wilderness area”, so the group is limited to 15 attendees.
THERE WILL BE A CARPOOL FOR THIS HIKE:
Deer Valley Towne Square, Phoenix, AZ
Target store I-17 and Loop 101 :
# 33°40'02.7"N 112°07'10.6"W
HOW TO FIND US:
7:00 a.m.
In front of Target store close to freeway / Beardsley road.
(see pin on map)
LEAVING CARPOOL at 7:10 a.m.
Starting from trailhead at 8;30 - 8:45
RSVP: PICK ONE<– PICK ONLY ONE
will you meet us at the CARPOOL or at TRAILHEAD ?
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
TOTAL DISTANCE: 7 miles (or more if we go farther)
ELEVATION CHANGE: 600 ft
DURATION: 3-4.5 hrs.
STYLE: in-and-out
DOGS: OK
FACILITIES at Trailhead: PORTA-POTTIES at the Red Rock Ranger District Station.
DIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD:
GO NORTH on Interstate 17 to
Sedona - Oak Creek exit 298.
Go left (west) on State Route 179 and
Continue 5.8 miles to the
Turn off for the Red Rock Ranger District Station on the right.
The trailhead is located within the ranger station complex in the south (lower) lot where a small metal sign indicates the start point.
MAP TO TRAILHEAD:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/2727+W+Agua+Fria+Fwy,+Phoenix,+AZ+85027/Red+Rock+Ranger+District+Visitor+Center,+Red+Rock+Information+Center,+8375+AZ-179,+Sedona,+AZ+86351/@34.2141483,-112.5068826,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x872b6f405eb4bb39:0x6f82135ea6a84655!2m2!1d-112.1218108!2d33.6711241!1m5!1m1!1s0x872da8b382cd8595:0xc2e719cf227f67ad!2m2!1d-111.7646484!2d34.7574501!3e0
RSVP: PICK ONE
will you meet us at the CARPOOL or at TRAILHEAD ? <– PICK ONLY ONE
If you don't CONFIRM that you will meet at THE CARPOOL, or if you are late, we'll expect to SEE YOU AT the TRAILHEAD.
VERY IMPORTANT TOO:
If you sign up for the hike, and you change your plans ------ just change your RSVP.
It helps the host prepare, and it's polite.