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Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
View from trail over the mouth of the canyon. Water in the wash means the falls are flowing.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
The trail switchbacks down into the canyon.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
Where the trail first meets the creek are a few small cascades and places to dip your feet.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
A nice gravel bar and shallow pool, just upstream from where the trail meets the creek.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
The red water is caused by tannins in the roots of desert plants.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
The first really good small swimming hole on the creek, about 1/4 mile from the bottom of the trail.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
Looking down canyon from atop a boulder in the wash.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
The toughest scramble is the final one, getting past this split waterfall.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
Tanque Verde Falls.
Jesse Weber
Photo Date:
09/27/2019
The falls drop into an amazing swimming hole.