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Sycamore Canyon Wilderness northwest of Sedona, Arizona is one of the most breathtaking regions in the southwestern United States. It's a protected region where you can only hike but there are numerous points where 4x4's can access right up to the boundary for incredible vistas or ancient cliff dwellings.
Todd and I were leading a group from meetup.com and we had quite the variety of vehicles for this easy route. We met up north of Phoenix and caravaned to the Gold King Mine in Jerome, where we aired down for 68 miles of dirt. After the very dusty road through Perkinsville, we headed up the freshly grated trail leading to the old cabin and eventually the cliff dwellings.
Todd and I had run the trail two weeks prior and it was an actual 4x4 trail, but this time it had been completely grated for 2wd. Not sure how I feel about that one. Anyway, it sure saved us a bunch of time going out and back.
We stopped for lunch at the old Railroad Draw cabin and then headed over to hike into the wilderness to the dwellings. The hike is a quick 400 vertical feet and on the backside of the ridge overlooking Sycamore Canyon. Believe me, it's well worth the hike but it does require a little bit of rock scrambling to reach the dwellings.
With the trail improvement?, we were able to take our time working our way up to the tall pines of Kaibab National Forest. "As planned" we landed early at my marked group site. Everyone picked a spot under the trees and had dinner before joining the group around the campfire.
We hit the trail at 8am on Sunday for another long day on the dirt. Our first stop was a little lake before heading out to the amazing Sycamore Point. You have to go see this place, it's amazing. And just like everywhere else so far, we had the place to ourselves.
Heading back out to one more point of interest along Sycamore Canyon. The start of the canyon is just as amazing as the others plus there were some rock climbers hanging off the cliffs as we were walking around. It's a really short walk down to the giant waterfall (usually dry). The last stop on our canyon tour was the vertigo-inducing Volunteer Canyon. It literally just drops off into what seems like forever.
We had been right on schedule all weekend and it continued to allow us to take our time for the last several miles of pines that dropped us right out along Highway 17, just south of Flagstaff.
I would like to thank all the attendees who came out for a weekend adventure to remember. Also special thanks to Todd for the support and taking up the very dusty back of the group.
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