Page 92 - Volume 3 - Walks In The Black Range

The scrambling is not too hard and it's a fun 1/4 mile or so through the narrowest parts where the water runs over bedrock and into deep willow lined pools. There was one large alcove that I investigated but found no artifacts and where the canyon opened up again there was a little cave that could hold two or three people with juniper timbers across the entrance and a stone box in front of it.
I don't how old it is, but from the state of desiccation on the timbers, I would have to say it wasn't done anytime recently. I continued on through a bend below a pine covered hillside where a large side canyon comes in from the east. Downstream the fall display of ash, cottonwood,
walnut and willow was right at its peak. I found a shady resting place and ate my lunch, but my heart was already content from being in this beautiful canyon.
Just a short ways beyond this point, and three miles from the start is the un-marked, un-fenced Forest Boundary. There is an alternate route to the Noonday Box (which is a shorter hike) that is discussed in the Rabb Canyon Box hike. I’ve since repeated this hike in the Spring of 2020. The stream had a larger flow with active springs feeding the delightful little cascades and waterfalls.