Today we hiked up the Siphon Draw. The trailhead starts in the day use area of the Lost Dutchman State Park and goes up through the siphon draw. We ended at the basin, 1.96 miles from the parking lot at 2,995 feet. The trailhead is at 1,916 feet. The trail is pretty steep for most of it’s length, with very few areas where it levels off for even a few feet. At the basin, the trail continues up a rock chute, that becomes a waterfall when it rains, to the Flatiron, at about 4100 feet. Needless to say, we didn’t go the additional 0.8 miles up Flatiron.

I’m including several photos, this time without comment.

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We made a trip out to Lost Dutchman State Park near Apache Junction this morning. It borders Tonto National Forest and the Superstition Mountains.

The clear blue skies, cactus and red rock mountains create some incredible beauty.

This Saguaro cactus seemed to get tired of holding it’s lower arms up. Either that or it’s hiding.

Saguaro and Cholla cacti in front of the mountain range. Note the blue skies.

All these cacti with Superstition Mountain in the background. There are a number of hiking trails back in and around the mountain. We didn’t take many today as it was rather warm. There’s a nice campground in the park, so we may come later when we can do some hiking and see the lights of Phoenix at night.

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