Arizona Hiking Gallery
La Barge Canyon Hike
Superstition Wilderness, AZ
January 23, 2005
Gallery contains 48 photos
Gallery last updated: 1/28/2005
Morning view of Battleship Mountain as we make our way up Boulder Canyon Trail from Canyon Lake.
Battleship Mountain with Weavers Needle in the background.
Morning sun on the hills above Canyon Lake.
Higher view of Battleship Mountain.
Our first view of La Barge Creek (with running water!) We will be boulder hopping up the creek into the "Narrows" of La Barge Canyon.
Filaree (Erodium cicutarium).
Cholla Cactus on our descent into La Barge Canyon.
Battleship Mountain framed by Saguaro Cactus.
Closeup of river stones in the crystal clear waters of La Barge Creek.
Water flowing over rocks in La Barge Creek.
Battleship Mountain viewed from the canyon floor.
Hiking up the creek in La Barge Canyon.
A rare Arizona site: water flowing in the desert.
A small pool in La Barge Creek.
Impressive canyon walls as we approach the La Barge Canyon "Narrows".
A closer view of the canyon walls. The canyon curves to the left in front of the wall and then curves back to the right behind the wall.
Approaching the "Narrows".
A view looking back down the canyon.
A beautiful pool at the beginning of the "Narrows".
In the La Barge Canyon "Narrows".
The canyon walls are steep and narrow.
A small waterfall cascading over the rocks in the "Narrows".
Closeup of the falls with a fast shutter speed.
Closeup of the falls with a slow shutter speed.
Water flowing from one pool into another.
Admiring the view up the canyon at our turn around point just after the canyon's right hand bend.
What a gorgeous place in the canyon.
Large boulder resting alongside the creek.
A view looking out of the canyon at the bend.
La Barge Creek curves around this cliff, coming down the canyon on the left and curving almost 180 degrees to flow around the right side of this cliff.
La Barge Creek flowing down around the bend in the "Narrows".
Here's that little water fall again.
High towering cliffs on the east side of La Barge Canyon.
A close up of the cliffs on the east side of La Barge Canyon.
Unnamed butte rising above the canyon.
Popcorn flower (Plagiobothrys sp.)
Cholla Cactus on our way back out of La Barge Canyon along side Boulder Canyon Trail.
Volcanic hillside with Mexican Gold Poppies just starting to bloom.
View of La Barge Canyon and Battleship Mountain on the way out of the canyon from Boulder Canyon Trail.
Another view of La Barge Canyon and Battleship Mountain on the way out of the canyon from Boulder Canyon Trail.
Red Maids (Calandrinia ciliata).
Quartz vein in volcanic rock.
Battleship Mountain with Weavers Needle in the background.
Star Cloak Fern (Notholaena standleyi) growing under a small rock ledge.
All images Copyright ©2005 Terry Wright. All rights reserved.
