Huckaby Heights Mar 16
A hike along the Huckaby Trail across Oak Creek from Uptown Sedona, then a climb to the slickrock of Huckaby Heights
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HUCKABY HEIGHTS
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Starting at the end of pavement on Schnebly Hill Road, toward the public Huckaby Trail...
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...but shortcutting through a deep wash first
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Some basalt in the wash from lava flows above
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Javelina have been rooting here
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Back on the Huckaby Trail
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Along Oak Creek with a view of Uptown
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This memorial bench and the section of trail on which it is located have been radically relocated to avoid erosion
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Down by Oak Creek at the end of the trail, time for a break
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Afterward, we backtrack a short distance and climb a steep wash up to Huckaby Heights
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Then up a second, more open wash toward slickrock
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Views of Oak Creek Canyon are now opening up
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Now onto open rock as the wind picks up
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Lunch in the lee of the rock
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We try for the Heights, but by now it's getting too windy
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We head back down by a different public trail
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Spring flowers are coming out
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