Descending from confluence of East and West forks (view N) |
Descending Cottonwood Wash (view N) |
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Descending Cottonwood Wash (view N) |
Approaching the Upper Narrows (view N) |
Descending the Upper Narrows (view N) |
Exiting the Upper Narrows (view N) |
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Descending Cottonwood Wash (view N) |
Approaching Razorback Wash North (view N) |
Looking into Razorback Canyon (view NE) |
Looking into Razorback Wash North (view N) |
Confluence of Cottonwood Wash and Razorback Wash North (view N) |
Descending Cottonwood Wash (view N) |
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Approaching the Red Layers (view N) |
Alternative to bypass the pour-over (view N) |
Descending into the Red Layers (view N) |
Crossing the Red Layers (view N) |
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Approaching Cottonwood Spring pour-over (view NW) |
Approaching Cottonwood Spring pour-over (view NW) |
Historical photo: Hikers atop pour-over with Cottonwood Trees |
Approaching Cottonwood Spring pour-over (view NW) |
Atop the pour-over (view NW) |
Edge of the pour-over (view NW) |
Grand scenery (view NW; looking left from atop the pour-over) |
Grand scenery (view N; looking right from atop the pour-over) |
Historical photo of Cottonwood Spring from above (view NW) |
Atop the pour-over, looking down (view NW) |
Atop the pour-over, halfway down (view NW) |
Atop the pour-over; the last 5 feet are the hardest part (view NW) |
Bottom of the pour-over; dead cottonwoods at left (view NW) |
Departing the Cottonwood Spring area (view NW) |
Red mudstone full of gypsum layers (view NW) |
One of the dead cottonwoods wash down the wash (view NW) |
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Approaching Halfway Narrows (view NW) |
Entering Halfway Narrows (view NW) |
Descending Halfway Narrows (view NW) |
Descending Halfway Narrows (view NW) |
Descending Halfway Narrows (view NW) |
Exiting Halfway Narrows (view NW) |
Approaching the yellow-brown, fossil-filled wall (view NW) |
Approaching ripple marks (view NW) |
Yellow-brown wall with ripple marks (view E) |
Oyster and snail fossils in the yellow-brown wall (view NE) |
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Continuing down Cottonwood Wash (view NW) |
The last of the red outcrops comes into view (view NW) |
Northshore Road comes into view (view NW) |
Past the last red outcrop, the trail leaves the wash bottom (view N) |
The Main trail runs down along the base of the bluff (view N) |
The Main trail runs down along the base of the bluff (view N) |
Leaving the wash bottom and climbing the bluff (view N) |
Climbing the bluff (view N) |
Arriving at the top of the bluff (view N) |
The trail runs across desert pavement (view N) |
Expansive desert pavement (view N approaching trailhead) |
Approaching the trailhead (view N) |
Returning to Mile 18.2 Trailhead; watch for speeding vehicles (view N) |
Arriving at Mile 18.2 Trailhead; watch for speeding vehicles (view N) |