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Cibecue Creek Canyon, Salt River

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Cibecue Creek Canyon, Salt River

Cibecue Creek Canyon, Salt River

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    June 10, 2016

    Cibecue Creek Canyon is great for a usually easy to intermediate canyoneering hike to an 80-foot waterfall. A trail that's often indistinguishable after high water events follows this gorgeous narrow side canyon of the Salt River Canyon in the Apache Reservation. To make it to the falls requires walking in and out of water, usually up to at least your knees or more.

    Do not attempt this hike after heavy rains when sudden flash floods could become a danger!


    From Globe follow the AZ-77 / US-60 north-east for 38.2 miles. After crossing a bridge over a river, immediately make a left turn, there might be tribal reservation information signs. Follow the usually well-maintained gravel road about 4.25 miles to where Cibecue Creek flows across the road. The parking area is before the creek, which can be impossible to cross in a regular car.

    A White Mountain Apache Tribal permit is needed to hike or do other recreation here (rafting seems popular). There is a self-registration booth at the turnoff from Hwy 60, but no self-registration envelopes nor staff were available to sell one in November 2013, so better buy permits online before reaching this out-of-phone-signal area:

    wmatoutdoor.org/purchase_permit.html - It asks to create a username/password. Click on Special Use Permit, Black River/Salt River, $15.00 as of 2013.

    Update 2020: $30 per person for the Cibecue Falls; $9 for vehicle recreation.

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      Elevation 1,040 m

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      Location: Gila County, Arizona, United States

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