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| - Ok everyone needs to simmer down, seriously. You guys are acting as if you went through some SEAL Team 6 training. It's not that difficult of a hike. In fact, the first part I would call a walk, I carried my Starbucks Valencia Orange Refresher the entire way, and also down the first set of ropes.
Yes there are 5-8 series of ropes (depending on how far down you go) but if you're able to grab onto a rope and walk yourself down, it's fine. It's not like you're repelling down a 100 foot cliff face. Once you hit the ropes, I think this hike gets to be more fun. There is some scrambling involved, nothing more than a little up and over (class 3 if you want to be technical) I brought my gloves, which were helpful, but not needed.
I enjoyed the hike through the canyon. The canyons walls span a few hundred feet up, and they're beautiful. I can sit and admire what time has created, you can see in the walls the different paths the water takes in the rain. The blackened walls from the desert varnish, the different variations in color of the rock walls are amazing.
The water levels have changed over time, and most of the soaking pools are now closer to the river. You can still see where the old pools were.
The day we went, the water level of the river was so low we were able to walk over to the sauna cave which usually requires you to wade through knee deep water. Be careful though, if you do check out the sauna cave, they have been known to release water from the dam without warning and the water level can rise 10 feet in seconds. Better be a good swimmer.
I don't partake in soaking myself. I am not fond of warm public pools of water, as well as the brain eating amoeba found in hot springs (this is why you're not supposed to put your head under the water, it can make its way up your nostrils, into your brain). And I'm thinking, if that thing can make its way up that hole, who's to say if I'm sitting in the pool, why couldn't it makes its way up other holes, you know what I'm saying? No thanks, not in my holes.
We did see a rattlesnake while at the sauna cave, so be on the lookout.
Common sense, you should not be attempting this hike during the summer months. Temps can reach 120+. Not only are you putting yourself in danger, but you're also putting the first responders in danger as well.
Side Note: there is a saying, pack it in, pack it out. It you don't understand what that means, take your trash back out with you, you don't throw your trash on the trail. Also, the piles of toilet paper and human excrement were disgusting. It's beyond me how people can do this without regard to the environment. Dirt bags.
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