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This hike explores Carrizo Canyon. Beginners will enjoy walking up a wide wash that tapers to a colorful narrow canyon twisting around two hairpin bends. Intermediate hikers can continue 10-15 minutes up the west fork, scrambling up dry falls to a small palm grove below an impassable pouroff. Advanced hikers can scramble up the steep east wall to explore the upper reaches of the canyon, eventually looping back via the east fork. Be wary of vertical exposure, rough overgrown terrain and patches of cholla.
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Park in the large lot at the Art Smith trailhead. The hike begins by walking up the wash to the south, away from the Art Smith trail.
The canyon is an ecological reserve for bighorn sheep and is closed to hikers annually from January 1 through September 30.
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