Havasupai May 2025

This was genuinely one of the coolest things I have done. Sure it wasn't easy and it didn't help that I was vastly underprepared and my first solo backpack trip in a long while but this was just not an easy trip. I will say it was absolutely worth it because once you get to the falls and the creek it is gorgeous. Getting to the trailhead took a while too, it was a good 8 hour drive from home, through southern Utah, Vegas and then into no where land in Arizona. I stayed in a small hotel about an hour from the trailhead the night before. One of the many things that I did to make this hike as hard as possible on myself was getting a late start. I had some work to do before I left so I didnt get on the trail until almost noon, most people start at 6 in the morning to avoid the heat but I couldn't. The trail down is about 11 Miles in Depending where you camp once in the campground, I flew down the trail, I was making really great time except for at about mile 3 I started getting blisters and by mile 6 I was very very sore. By the time I got down to the campground my feet were a disaster and I could barely walk, but overall wasn't bad at all getting down to the campground. The good part about this all was that this canyon, the hundreds of feet high sheer walls, the green trees and the absolutely stunning clear blue water of Havasu Creek was worth way more than the wait, cost and effort to get it. I have seen some amazing places but this is easily on the short list of things people need to see if they get the chance.

I wish I was down there for longer but I only spent 2 nights and was there for only 1 full day, the hike in and out and that was it. During my day down past the village I hiked another 10 ish miles to walk around to a few other waterfalls that werent along the trail to hike in. Had to hike down Mooney Falls, the decent down into there was pretty crazy, one of the sketchier things I have done but it went well. I plan to make a video of that part of the trip so look in the action camera section of my portfolio for it. The mist from the falls made it slippery and it was a straight up and down hike with worn ladders and rock climbing. I was worried about the hike out, my legs had recovered fine and I wasn't worried about that but my feet were so bad that it was hard enough hiking the 2 miles back into the village on my day out. It ended up taking weeks for my feet to heal through the layered blisters in 15+ different places, needless to say I need some new boots. I decided to pay the fee and take the helicopter out, I had never ridden in one before and it was really cool.