Powers Garden via Paddys River
27.4 mi5,541 ft
7,283 ft
4,908 ft
A difficult way to reach Powers Garden, using a decommissioned and overgrown Paddy’s River Trail and Rattlesnake to hike in.
Photos
The sky was glorious in morning dress
The pond was giving midwest
Ominous cliffs ahead
Somehow this thing still hold water
Looking out over Sulfur Springs Valley
The exposed rock and grassy hill made the trail hard to follow
Trail register, slightly disused
Snow hanging on the ridge above
Pleasant pool along Paddy's River
Easy trail, steadily climbing the dry grass slope
Looking back down on Paddys River
Literally crawling on the tread
A rare clearing along the thick forested climb
An actual trail again
Spotted me first, as usual
Deeper snow visible on the Santa Catalinas
Snow along the trail, slightly dampening my shoes
Classic view up Rattlesnake
Technically still a wilderness sign
Someone left a cairn to mark the junction
Camp set just before the light went
Early morning light high above the frigid canyon
Stamp mill, long rusted
Roof over a collapsed shaft
More remains of a decent-sized operation
Still standing, mostly, under the pines
One does not hike this wilderness depending on the signs
Horses lurking around Powers Garden
The rock tower keeps its shape better than the trees did
Cliff band above Sycamore Creek
The metal tank doesn't hold much water anymore
The dam only holds back dirt
Big views towards Mt Graham
Somebody built this one to last
Fence along the wilderness boundary
Adminstrative site still in use
Along the way
Spring 6
- Home Ranch Tank
- Limestone Spring
- Holdout Spring
- Horse Canyon Tank
- Upper Sycamore Tank
- Mud Spring
Creek 1
- Horse Creek
Saddle 2
- Limestone Saddle
- Horse Saddle
Overlook 1
- Unnamed viewpoint south toward Redfield Canyon
Ranch 1
- Deer Creek cabin and corral
Camping 3
- Holdout Spring Camp
- Rattlesnake Campsite
- Powers Garden
Trailhead 1
- Deer Creek Trailhead
Junction 10
- Paddy's River / East Divide Trail Junction
- Rattlesnake / East Divide Trail Junction
- Holdout Spring Trail #285A junction
- Rattlesnake / Powers Garden Trail Junction
- Corral Canyon / Rattlesnake Canyon trail junction
- Field Canyon / Powers Garden Trail Junction
- Tortilla / Powers Garden Trail Junction
- Connector / Tortilla Trail Junction
- Sycamore / Tortilla Trail Junction
- FS Administration Spur