Devil’s Canyon is located in Pinal County Arizona a few miles east of Superior in the Globe Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest. The area is extremely rugged with deep canyons, rocky ridges, and uplands dominated by large boulders and towering spires. Pyroclastic welded tuft is the most common substrate throughout the area and creates beautiful cliffs, arches, and towers.
Devil’s Canyon is located in Pinal County Arizona approximately 6 km east of the town of Superior in the Globe Ranger District of the Tonto National Forest. The area is generally rugged with deep canyons and is defined by its complex rock formations. Portions of Devil’s Canyon have stretches of large and dense riparian growth that support a high diversity of breeding birds and other wildlife.
This canyon and surrounding country are an incredible mix of chaparral, Sonoran Desert, and madrean influenced vegetation enhanced by stunning rock formations and rare perennial creeks.
This trip was taken in January 2006 to the Cajón del Agua, the next canyon south of El Aguaje just north of the Sierra Cucurpe. This canyon is southeast of Santa Ana, Sonora. This is a very special canyon and you can read more about it here.
June 2011 hike in Bass and Double R Canyons in the Galiuro Mountains, which are protected by the Nature Conservancy and its Muleshoe Preserve. These riparian canyons were terribly degraded by cattle grazing, but are recovering. Both have perennial water and nice riparian gallery forest. There are native leopard frogs and fish.
Double R Canyon had been terribly overgrazed and became downcut over 20 feet in its lower stretch. If left alone it may slowly recover lost soil and seem to have some soil deposition already.
