Lower Devil's Canyon 

Lower Devil's Canyon has some of the best climbing in the Phoenix area and should not be missed! Driving time to this area is about an hour, and the approach from the 2WD parking area is only about 30 minutes. For those with 4WD, you can park right next to it.

For those of you who have Google Earth, I put together a map showing the road in to LD along with the 2WD and 4WD parking spots.

The google earth file can be downloaded from www.geir.com/googleearth/queencreek/

Once in this file, simply click on the file you want and select "open" from the window that appears. Follow the prompts from there and the road will display in Google Earth on your computer.

It works well, but I'm still learning to streamline the process of downloading the file so bear with me as I learn. :)


Google Earth can be downloaded for free at www.googleearth.com

Please help keep LD clean and PACK OUT YOUR TRASH, INCLUDING TP.
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That goes for all areas. Please, folks, burn your TP or pack it out. Few things are as disgusting as soiled TP laying all over the place.

I just completed my first trip to QC, over christmas. Due to my limited time in the area I knew I had to check out the Lower Devil's Canyon area. I was worried about my car being a 2WD and making it down there be we totally rocked it out. The directions on this page were right on the money and really all you need. The guide book illustrations in the QC book were also helpful, but it could definitely be done without it. Note: my car is a nissan Xterra so we had great ground clearance, but actual 4wd is unneccesary, although RWD with a V6 was probably helpful on the hills. Don't be afraid if you have decent ground clearance, NOT TO BE MISSED! The webbing is kinda ridiculous though....

Glad you liked it, Kyle! If you climb trad, make sure to check out the east side next time.

Anyone know who finished Route #20 in the Karabin foldout guide to LDC? It is listed as a project. Marty has no idea who actually finished it. We did it today and found it spicy but ok.

Was soloing down Hackberry yesterday and had the most magical sighting of a Coati -- the big male came ambling down from Dacite Conspiracy, where I was heading, dug up ants from a rotten cactus, free soloed his way down a 20 ft cliff, and snuffled around the creek in search of munchies. Keep your eyes open down there for such a wonderful view!

At the bottom of the hill instead of turning left to head to hackberry creek we turned right. What is this area called? Does it have established routes? Any info would be helpful thanks.

Ryan,
If you turn right at the base of the switchbacks you'll head up into a new area that we've (Arjun Heimsath and David Sampson) been developing. We've now posted most of the routes and called this area "The Refuge." There are about 60 climbs up in this area and we hope you check them out.
Arjun

A heads up that the steep switchbacks have been eroded and gullied significantly by the summer rains. They aren't nearly as bad as they have been in the past, but are much worse than they were when the mine was maintaining them more regularly. Was happy to have 4WD getting back up them.

Good news, the road looks like it was graded all the way to the Hackberry parking spot this week. The switchbacks and the rest of the road is in some of the best shape it has ever been.