Departing the lunch spot and starting down the trail (view E) |
The trail is well-defined in places (view E) |
Trail forks; stay right onto "high road" (view E) |
Starting down the "high road" (view E) |
Exiting Rainbow Mountains Wilderness Area (view E) |
Looking back, carsonite wilderness boundary sign (view W) |
Use-trails fork again; right two trails eventually merge (view E) |
Hiking across hillsides (view E) |
Beginning down towards canyon bottom (view NE) |
Descending towards canyon bottom (view NE) |
Nearing canyon bottom (view NE) |
"High road" and "low road" merge by ponderosa pines (view NE) |
Trail junction by ponderosa pines (view NE) |
Hiker approaching the last of the shade (view NE) |
Hiker beyond the mouth of the canyon (view NE) |
Western trail junction to First Creek Falls (view E) |
Hiker approaching the last (aka "first") pine tree (view E) |
Hiker passing the last (aka "first") (view E) |
Hiker passing the eastern trail junction to First Creek Falls (view NE) |
Hiker on easy trail (view E) |
Hiker on rocky trail (view E) |
Hiker on eroded trail (view E) |
Entering the burn zone (view E) |
Hiker in the burn zone -- few plants growing back (view E) |
Alternating, intermittent post-and-cable fencing in burn zone |
Hiker in the burn zone (note trash bag; view E) |
Hiker re-entering unburned zone near Oak Creek Wash (view E) |
Hikers crossing Oak Creek Wash (view NE) |
Hiker arriving back at the trailhead (view NE) |
Hiker exiting through the trailhead gate (view NE) |