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[C***] Box Canyon -- CANCELED
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Box Canyon. Rating: C***. Pace: Moderate [07:00 AM, $16]. The hike is in a box canyon near Florence. Take Price Rd East, just past the bridge in Florence. The road in is about 10-12 miles. It starts out paved and then turns to gravel. Price Rd turns into Box Canyon rd. The last few miles is bumpy resulting in slow driving with a high clearance vehicle. Park at (12 S 481188.18 m E 3667824.49 m N). The drainage splits here. Hike the canyon to your right (East), The total drive time from Saddlebrooke is 1 hour 40 minutes.
Because this is a box canyon, it is extremely dangerous in the event of rain. Hike will be canceled if there is any chance of significant rain.
This hike offers an excellent opportunity to see Desert Bighorn sheep. The hike offers magnificient views of steep canyon walls throughout the hike. The hike is realatively flat, but one of the areas on the hike, requires traversing over and around some large bolders. You should not do this hike if you are uncomfortble with the traversing the bolders. Hike aproximately 5.0 miles; trailhead elevation 2700 feet; net elevation change 100 feet; accumulated gain 100 feet; RTD 128 miles.
Registration Info
Registration is not Required
Meet at the Mountain View parking lot 15 minutes before hike departure time.
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