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Difficulty:
More Difficult
USGS Maps:
Chiricahua Pk, Portal Pk
Usage:
Light
Trail Number:
224
Length:
5.8 Miles
Elevation Gain:
3,160 Feet
Beginning Elevation:
5,840 Feet
Ending Elevation:
9,000 Feet
Reservation:
No
Season:
Spring - Summer
From Douglas, Take US Highway 80 north for 32 miles to Forest Road 317. Turn left (west) and travel 11 miles to the end of the road.
Location Information
This southern Chiricahua trail is one of the few in the area that are accessible off a road other than the Rucker Canyon Road. Price Canyon Trail leads from the end of the Price Canyon Road (FR #317) up a narrow sloping notch carved into the west shoulder of Sentinel Peak. From the turnaround at the road's end, the trail proceeds upcanyon through riparian clumps of oak and ponderosa sprinkled with a few Arizona Sycamore. About a half mile upstream from the trailhead, at a series of seeps called Price Spring, there is an old dam and an exceptional stand of Arizona cypress, madrone and other desert canyon trees that have grown large and tall enough to cause most who pass this way to stop and take note. Above Price Spring, the trail enters the Chiricahua Wilderness and continues to climb the canyon through more stands of cypress, ponderosa, and Douglas-fir. After passing both the Baker and Rucker Canyon trail junctions, the Price Canyon Trail leaves the canyon for which it is named to switchback 1,600 feet to the Crest Trail #270. From this junction, a right turn (east) on the Crest Trail takes you 2.1 miles to the 9,000 foot summit of Sentinel Peak. After visiting that high vantage point and enjoying its far reaching views, you can return to the Price Canyon Trail via Baker Canyon Trail #225.
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