10 MARCH 2017
Continuing along the Tonto towards Hermit Creek I realized that that entire section is particularly interesting as the trail goes very close to the edge offering great view of the river.
We finished the trip by climbing the 3600 ft back to the rim, which by itself is a very scenic trail.
09 MARCH 2017
I Am writing the date on all the entries from this trip since I am posting by email, so the system will erroneously think they were all created the same day. The day I finally get internet connection.
Today we finally hit Slate Creek, not name after a gem. From there it was about 6 miles to Boucher Creek and a couple more to our camp. Camp is at a spot that I declared to be the best view in the Grand Canyon. There is clear view of the river in both direction with particular good looking cliffs as decision. This is not the first spot to get this designation. I guess the Grand Canyon is do scenic that it is just to difficult to pick one best spot.
I also looked back at some of my earlier posts and noticed how much the weather had warmed up. We were really lucky.
08 MARCH 2017
This is day 2 of the section known as the gems along the Tonto trail. Sapphire creek had a good flow of clean water and that is where we fill up for the day. Turquoise had some water in standing pools and Agate had none.
The best view was right after Agate where the trail gets very close to the edge of the cliff right above the river. It gave me an impression that I could throw a rock and hit the water. I tried, it didn’t.
We ate camping tonight on the plateau a couple of trail miles west of Slate Creek.
07 MARCH 2017
Today we crossed Serpentine and Ruby creeks and at camp just before the trail turns to cross Turquoise creek. Straight line the distance is not much, but the Tonto trail seems to spend more time going back and forth than forward
06 MARCH 2017
The Liberty Jeep bounced around, but in the experienced hand of our driver Tim Wilson had little difficulty getting us to the South Bass trailhead.
We met Tim at 7:30 for the ride, and it took 2 hours to drive from the wilderness office to the trailhead. A 2 women group joined us for the ride, but even though we had similar itineraries, we never saw them once we started to hike.
The South Bass trail was in good shape and we made good time to the junction with the Tonto. A group of 3 hikers was there on their way to the trailhead after finishing the route. They reported that there is water available in all the side canyons. In South Bass we needed to hike about a quarter of a mile towards the river to find water pools.
Continuing towards Serpentine Creek we made camp on the plateau at a spot with great view into the river in both directions
On the Bluffs in Poipu
On the Bluffs in Poipu
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