Hermit - Boucher Loop
25.9 mi6,225 ft
6,660 ft
2,346 ft
Fantastic exploration north of Hermit’s Rest, with a side trip down Hermit’s Creek, the follows Tonto before circling back up the rugged and scenic Boucher Trail.
Photos
Dim light on the upper canyon walls
Everything still grey an hour before the heat
Sun clearing the far rim
First sun on the cliffs, everything below still shaded
The creek squeezes between two boulders and drops into a pool
The creek finds the one gap in the slickrock
Hermit Rapids
Water in the creek bed
The trail thins to a ledge in the narrows
The gorge opens up right where the brush ends
Good angle to see the river below
Fanciful buttresses
The river running brown through the inner gorge
Somehow there's a trail up there
The colors were really popping
A steep climb out
A long gorge to walk around
Flat ground and low brush before the drop
A very sneaky redwall break
Trail cuts along the steep hillside with little room for error
Rain hanging over the far rim
The storm granted a fantastic rainbow
Evening sun on the red layers before the rim shadow catches up
Last look over a dimming rim
Along the way
Spring 2
- Dripping Springs
- Santa Maria Spring
Creek 1
- Boucher Creek
Shoreline 1
- Hermit Rapids
Mountain 1
- Whites Butte
Overlook 1
- Yuma Point
Camping 1
- Hermit Creek Campground
Trailhead 1
- Hermits Rest
Junction 4
- Boucher Trail / Dripping Springs Trail Junction
- Waldron / Hermit Trail Junction
- Hermit Trail – Tonto Trail junction
- Dripping Springs / Hermit Trail Junction