ONLY 1 WAY INTO THIS CANYON, Superstition Mountains Arizona #8 (Easy Clues) 

I climbed Weavers needle at 11:30 pm under a full moon with 3 friends. Was the best experience I will always remember. I was 17 yrs. old ..Now I'm 60! Love The Superstitions

As an Apache I heard from my grandma that people thought we were protecting gold and precious metals but that this was untrue and only apparent. It’s said The Creator or Black Water Grandfather had appointed Mountain Spirits(Gaan) to reside and protect the mountains. A lost band of Apache had made a pact with the Mountain Spirits to protect and watch one specific thing. Something deep in the flesh of the mountains something real old that don’t want to be bothered or dug up. The rumor is ancient dark energies made their home in the mountain long before people were created. It needed to be respected and sometimes appeased to quell it’s dangerous nature. It’s unclear exactly what it was but I hear there’s a hole like a small mouth of a cave up, a 5ft area clearing in front of the hole there where animals refuse to go. Spooky but mythology nonetheless

Lived on Superstitions Mountains in 1969-70 .Apache Junction. Great memories, love that Mountain.

Great video! As the authors know, don’t go during monsoon season. Rain many miles away can flood washes and slots quickly. I work for Search and Rescue.

WOW... great video and giving hints to find the location is a cool idea. Thank you for sharing with others especially with kids who don't like "Hiking." I'm that type of person.... I LOVE seeing the scenery change, but hate walking. What's really ironic is, I read Colin Fletcher's 1000 Mile Summer in the 90's and thought... "Why in the world would anyone walk from Mexico to Oregon along the eastern side of California when they had cars back in the 50's." I'm a Navy brat and we drove back and forth across country so driving to see things was more my style. BUT... I had the opportunity to ask Fletcher why would he walk when cars were available and after hearing him out, in 2000, I re-walked his 1000 Mile Summer "hike". It was LIFE CHANGING!!! Oh I still hate walking, BUT I love being outdoors MORE so I do play in the woods from time to time. Now that I'm almost 70, I play a little less often and watch other people's video and this one is really awesome.... again thank you!!!

Thanks for being such a great father and son in law duo!

Great video, I am fortunate to live within several miles of the Flatiron at the west end of the superstition mountains in Gold Canyon and look at them from our kitchen window, love Arizona.

There was a park ranger that was in charge of this national park years ago that would never go into the superstition mountains at night time,even during the daytime there are very bizzare things that have happened to people and park rangers over the years. From cryptids to portals and skinwalkers this place is one to be very wary of.

Grew up in Arizona and used to love to walk around in the desert. I'm a rock hound and just like to look for rocks rather than the experience of just hiking. However that Canyon would have been what we used to call an ankle breaker. Probably a little too much for me nowadays.

I live/work in Supai and could tell you some pretty weird and very interesting stories.

Interesting how the rocks appear lighter in colors on the ground. Vs the light brown rocks. Awesome video. Cool to think of water forming those paths over many years.

I made it down here last Sunday, thanks for the tip! That hike has a little bit of everything. The slot canyon was filled with water, will have to come back later when it's dried up. Love the videos, keep em coming!

Interesting concept how you give clues about this hike. Looks like an awesome adventure. I'm gonna try to find it.

Great pictures, take care and greatings from Germany 👍

Awesome video, I found the parking spot but had trouble finding the path down into the canyon. Storms were rolling in so I’ll come back another time. Thanks for sharing!

Tortilla Flats! I’ve been hiking back there many times when I lived out there in late 90s - I’ve seen some interesting things back there....great rock hounding but be careful of snakes.

Thanks for the videos. It adds to the fun going over topo maps to figure out where these places are. I hiked down into this canyon December 2021, but came in from the opposite end from where you came down. Scared up a couple of javelina on the way in. Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to make it all the way to the tunnel. I'm sure it's full of water this spring, so will have to try again next winter if its not too wet.

Hate to get caught down in there in a flash flood.

This was very cool and interesting to see. Great video

Nice hike. Looks like good rattlesnake country.

Looks like you checked the weather first, as this is dry as a bone, a bright sunny day, so unlike so many disaster videos, a safe day to explore a slot canyon

I've been several times to the ghost town beside Superstition Mt. I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to go back because of the spine tingling vibes that I & my husband got.😱

I went into a mine in the superstition mountain long time ago turquoise was laying all over back then it was a old gold mine it was cool

Great hike!! Had fun doing it today. Made it down into the canyon and back to 'The Rock' (at 10:20). In the video, your son-in-law climbed down and made it look easy, it but it was at that point, we decided we would come back another day with a rope and give it a try. Thanks for the video.

Nothing more interesting than going down into a canyon which hasn't been explored for eons...☺...Off trail of course

This video has done so well! great work

Thanks for the clues. I think I know the general area of where this slot canyon is based on the roads I have seen around Apache Junction.

I could show you so many hidden gems on my little island Flores/Azores... no tourist would ever find on his/her own.😉

Great video! I'm definitely going to try and check this one out soon!

I built a cell tower between apache junction and queens valley. I believe it was queens valley. Been a long time. Beautiful country

The Native Americans I ran into in that area laughed at the story of Apache still protecting the area... They said it's more about the spirit of those Apaches that actually did defend their land back in the days against the invading European Colonial folks

Enjoyed your video nice job. I m am east coast transplant and enjoy how folks make you work to discover things out here. Its more rewarding as you know. I subscribed.

Great video thanks for sharing.

Nice. Drove that the other day and actually turned around somewhere where you parked. The drive to the lake is SLOW. People getting road rage behind you cause it's 15 mph pretty much.

Not the only way. If you would have went a very short distance more down the road, there is a small masonry enclosure on the West side of the road. Across the road from here you can easily scale down the rock face into the canyon with very little issue. So much less treacherous of a down climb vs. where you all went down. Did you go through the extremely narrow "cave" (actually a rock fall)? The end of this hike was through the concrete culvert, and up to the road. Oddly enough the walk back up the road to my car was way more strenuous (for me at least) than the hike in the canyon.

I'd be looking in every nook and cranny for hidden bags of gold from the olden days. You never know. That's when you always come across it when you're not really looking you're just out hiking

🌵✅😎 thank you for the videos

Thanks for the heads up! I've wanted to explore that area for years but was under the impression it's all canyoneering! I scouted out the area today & looking forward to trying it this fall!

One of my claims near parker az has a slot canyond like that with massive bolders. Last year we had a storm come through that actually pushed rocks like that down the wash like tumbleweeds and removed over 50 ft of gravel out of the wash making it totally impossible to reach that claim in anything but foot. hopefully these rains we been getting with push the gravels back into that canyon so we can use it as a road again

Thank You. Fabulous 👏

Appears to be part of what was called "The Little Grand Canyon" Used to be a turnout just Mi. 16 on the right. You can see where the old railings were torched off and a little of blacktop too. You can see it if you look. Quite a drop!

Really a cool canyon.

There is a difference between hiking , which is equated with accumulating miles or destinations vs wandering around and exploring.

I love the filming you did at 7 minutes in very stev Irwin

Really enjoyed your video , thanks for sharing

If there's anyone out there with a Drone please make a video of this wonderful place and post it so all RU-vid can view it. Thanks . 👍👏😃

Nice video. Thank you for sharing

Hiked this today. Was so awesome. Went to the end where the creek goes under the highway in a huge cement culvert. 3 Miles trip. thanks again for sharing

I was glad that I ran on to your channel. I'm 73, but I can see that we have the same curious "spirit." I've always loved to bushwhack, but it makes my wife mad, if I do it when she's with me. Go figure. It should be fun to look at your other vids, since I'm a fella from Cochise county.

really cool video .enjoyed watching it .

I have been here before if you look on a digital map you can see about 500 feet down from where you parked is a class 2 gully that makes for a much easier entrance and exit right next to where you park

Turkey tail mushroom or fungus i believe. 'chicken of the woods' 🍄 thats a medicinal fungi doc👍

Thank you so much for showing me this

13:53 - WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT THING!? It looks like a mix between an Octopus/Starfish/Lizard/Crab/EXTRA TERRESTRIAL! SO STRANGE! Great video!

So what was that red thing that found ?

Thank you for this!! We made or today Thank to your help.

Do you still do your tours and make youtube videos ? I am kinda knew to your channel only seen a few of your videos most of them from 2 years ago.

Thought I saw Tortilla Flat there!

Beautiful slot canyon hike! New subber here..what was that creature? On the last slide?

This is actually just outside of Phoenix. Cool.

Awesome hike, can I ask? How often do you see wildlife on these hikes? I would imagine some of the wilder critters roam around down there at some point. Thank you for sharing!!

Was that an octopus at the end? Is there an ocean under AZ?

Cool footage, sir!

Upper Fish Creek canyon is similar to this hike but more expansive. Problem is you have to approach from the south or upper level which is bushwacking to the extreme. Hiking in the Superstitions has one unwritten rule, you can only go forward, if you try to backtrack bushwacking you will probably die. These hikes will take several days. Only hike from November to February or you will perish.

Since you missed your pullout and had to backup, can you provide a grid coordinates for your parking spot? I couldn't find it on Google Maps using the satellite mode. Or maybe mileage from Tortilla Flats.

Was it very far past Tortilla Flats? We have driven that road many times. I think it is just past, but we will try to find it today. Thanks again!!

There’s another hike fairly close to this area where you have to pass thru a long conduit. That leads to an old car at the bottom of the canyon that’s all shot up and rusted out.

amazing

I know right where that is. But, I've only looked down at it from the cracked rock above it, along side the road. That's also a hidden gem, as you can easily climb around to the side, away from the road. Or, you can even squeeze through the crack and out onto a seldom-visited shelf.

I just seen your video, and by the way you passed many sings about the area which I think it contains leaders graveyard and other signs , I wonder if you guys still exploring, also if you guys like to have an honest company spiritual person, because you seemed that kind of people , please contact me , cause I really very excited to explore lots of signs in these mountains , let me know ..thank you

Wouldn’t want to do this during monsoon season. 👍❤️🙏🇺🇸☮️

YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE BUT SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN IS ACTUALLY A SERIES OF MOUNTAIN RANGES. IN THAT GENERAL AREA, MANY PEOPLE HAVE GONE MISSING, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. I LISTENED TO ONE COMMENTATOR WHO KNEW OF IT HISTORY AND IS AN ACCOMPLISHED EXPLORER, STATED HE WOULD NEVER EXPLORE THAT AREA ALONE. SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN IS ABOUT THREE MILES FROM THAT CANYON.

Would be a great oasis for apocalypse living

how many rattle snakes did you come across?

I grew up in Arizona. Sometimes I really miss the place.

This has emergency rescue written all over it. When your son-in-law was climbing down, I was thinking one slip and your bashing your head in

I know you have been asked this before. Wear did you get those jeans?

What an awesome hike! Is there a mile marker after leaving Canyon lake before the turn off for the parking area?

Does your son'inlaw have a name?

Great idea. I’m onboard

So is all of this public land? I'm visiting Az

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That creature at the end honestly looks like an octopus to me, was it an animal or some kind of root to a tree or something?

Are you looking for the Dutchman's lost gold mine as you go???

yay, pretty crowded. That's why I like this hike. No one is in this canyon.

What was that at the very end. Because th÷te was a 411 in that area from 2020. Just saying. Thanks. That was fun.

Hey I wanna take a coworker out to this it's a bit of a drive so just curious if the last rain was over a month ago would it still be full of water?

13:21 that rock sounded like if it was made out of metal , the part after he jumps and looks at the rock like wtf....

I died by beheading there several lifetimes in the past. I need to go back there sometime to claim my head. I'm not looking forward to it.

Sounds like he's a good father....

I think this may be called hose canyon - it is a technical hike .

Nice beautiful.with all the rain now ????

Gyromitra fungus perhaps?

Any caves in those springs?

Bet there's gold placers in there

Don't forget about that big horn fire that was a couple years ago it can cause landslides

at 10 min 32 secs looks like the person with you is standing in the third hole or what could be a step, there are two above him

Not a place for combat boots I had to wear; the soles would have been slick. With the water ... It would have been a place for local animal life to frequent. Did you see any sign? Is the water drinkable? Likely not without serious purification and boiling ... but wondered.

Very nice . i know a lot of places like this in southern Utah , that i found by chance . Being that solitude is what i cherish , i haven't divulged where these canyons are as doing so would only increase the likelihood of lots of people showing up and spoiling it. this is why i am against videos and books showing people where beautiful and hidden places are in the world . once it's advertised , it's pretty much all down hill from there .

How many times can you canyon?