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Boulder Canyon

Superstition Wilderness


Steep stone walls, thorny tangles of brush, a few scattered pools of deep water and thousands of boulders make this canyon of a part-time creek characteristically Superstition.
Looking back toward the mouth of the canyon as I pass the point of no return should rainfall come.

Looking back toward the mouth of the canyon as I pass the point of no return should rainfall come.
Water <em>was</em> here.

Water was here.
Hedgehog cactus flowers.

Hedgehog cactus flowers.

A easy life for these grasses beside a spring-fed pool.

A easy life for these grasses beside a spring-fed pool.
Don't get caught in the canyon when it floods.

Don't get caught in the canyon when it floods.
Afternoon sunlight plays on the canyon walls.

Afternoon sunlight plays on the canyon walls.