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end up missing the right place to cross. Look for a wooden post on the other side of
the creek and aim for that.
This crossing is about 3,050 feet elevation, and beyond it the trail starts climbing
and switchbacking above the right side of Bear Creek. Eventually it flattens and fol-
lows the high right side of the canyon, until you reach a trail fork at about 3,440 feet
elevation and 0.5 mile beyond the seventh crossing. Here, take the unsigned left fork,
which drops to the base of Seven Falls.
(If you take the right fork, signed “Bear Canyon Trail #29,” you'll be in for more
than 8 more miles of hiking up to 4,720 feet elevation, then down via East Fork Trail
#24A and Sabino Canyon Trail #23 to the top end of Sabino Canyon Road. This en-
ables you to climb Bear Canyon and return via Sabino Canyon Road—an approxim-
ately 17-mile hike that is doable in one long day if you're a fit, experienced hiker with
a map.)
The short, steep trail to the base of the falls has excellent views of all seven
falls—you can't see them properly from the fork. You'll skirt around the right side of
the pools at the bottom, and you can make an eighth creek crossing as you explore.
Beware of very slippery, algae-covered rocks when the falls are running, and be pre-
pared for dry pools in early summer.
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