Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area Hike
5.1 mi
Distance
2 hrs 22 min
Time
terrain
1,249 ft
Elev Gain
Overview
This is a moderate out and back trail in Pusch Ridge Wilderness Area.
Sights to See
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Ventana Canyon to Maiden Pools is a fine hike with many stream crossings, currently. I was able to jump across and rock hop all of them without getting my feet soaked. The flow, when much higher (which occasionally happens) can include many wading crossings. Usually it is a dry creek in this beautiful canyon. Maiden Pools, just a quarter mile beyond the top of "Cardiac Hill" with all its switchbacks, is a great place to sit by the pools of water in sheer rock (banded Catalina gneiss), or to take a dip in bigger-than-bathtub pools.
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