![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37107a.jpg)
Merging into the larger wash (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37108a.jpg)
Wash bottom choked with shrubs (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37109a.jpg)
Hillside above the Cottonwood Tree (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37110a.jpg)
Approaching the Cottonwood from below (view W) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37111a.jpg)
Exposed metal water pipe below New Spring |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37112a.jpg)
Hiker approaching old cement cattle watering trough (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37113a.jpg)
Old cement cattle watering trough (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37114a.jpg)
Old cement cattle watering trough (view S) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37115a.jpg)
The route continues straight down New Spring Canyon (view S) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37116a.jpg)
Limestone on the edge of the canyon (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37117a.jpg)
New Spring Wash takes a hard turn left (view S) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37118a.jpg)
Just beyond the bend, a narrow section of canyon bottom (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37119a.jpg)
The canyon runs curiously straight again (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37120a.jpg)
Polished limestone bedrock (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37121a.jpg)
In the middle of the wash, the last Blue Diamond Cholla (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37122a.jpg)
Another straight section of canyon (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37123a.jpg)
Welcome shade on a hot day (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37124a.jpg)
Interesting plants growing on a shady cliff face (view S) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37131a.jpg)
Nicely layered limestone (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37132a.jpg)
Hiker in sandy wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37133a.jpg)
Easy hiking in sandy wash (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37134a.jpg)
Easy hiking in sandy wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37136a.jpg)
Hiker atop first high pour-over (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37137a.jpg)
Looking down the high, 2-step pour-over (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37138a.jpg)
On south side, top of the bypass (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37139a.jpg)
Hiker descending the bypass; lots of loose rocks (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37140a.jpg)
Looking back up at the pour-over (view SW) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37141a.jpg)
Base of pour-over, continuing down the wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37142a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the wash (view N) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37143a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37144a.jpg)
A place for monsters to hide? |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37145a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37158a.jpg)
Wash narrows and bends left (view NW) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37159a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the narrow wash (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37160a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the narrow wash (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37161a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the narrow wash (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37162a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the wash (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37163a.jpg)
Interesting layers of limestone (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37164a.jpg)
Interesting layers of limestone (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37165a.jpg)
Another nice rock garden (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37166a.jpg)
Hiker passing a fossil-filled boulder (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37169a.jpg)
Exposed central stem cavity of a fossil Crinoid |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37171a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37172a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the wash (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37180a.jpg)
Canyon bottom narrows again (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37181a.jpg)
Another boulder in the wash (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37182a.jpg)
Hiker in narrow canyon bottom (view NW) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37183a.jpg)
Hiker continuing in narrow canyon bottom (view W) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37184a.jpg)
Hiker continuing in narrow canyon bottom (view W) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37185a.jpg)
Hiker arriving atop a low pour-over (view N) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37186a.jpg)
Hiker atop a low pour-over (view N) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37187a.jpg)
Hiker scrambling down the low pour-over (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37192a.jpg)
Hiker continuing below low pour-over (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37196a.jpg)
Nice canyon walls (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37197a.jpg)
Canyon jogs north again (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37198a.jpg)
Beautiful Beautiful Phacelia |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37203a.jpg)
Canyon walls lay back (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37204a.jpg)
Ocotillo are visible on the ridgeline (view NW) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37207a.jpg)
Ocotillo are visible on the ridgeline (view NW; zoom) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37208a.jpg)
Colorful walls as the canyon narrows again (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37209a.jpg)
Hiker continuing past colorful rock walls (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37212a.jpg)
Approaching another pour-over (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37213a.jpg)
Hiker atop the second high pour-over (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37214a.jpg)
Pour-over; a little awkward but not too bad (view down) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37215a.jpg)
Looking back up at the pour-over (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37217a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the canyon (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37218a.jpg)
Hiker approaching the narrowest section of canyon bottom (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37219a.jpg)
Hiker squeezing past a boulder in the narrows (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37220a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the canyon (view E) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37221a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the canyon (view S) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37222a.jpg)
Hiker continuing down the canyon (view S) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37223a.jpg)
Hiker approaching the last narrow section of canyon (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37224a.jpg)
Hiker in the last narrow section of canyon (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37225a.jpg)
Hiker exiting the last narrow section of canyon (view NE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37226a.jpg)
Broad, open desert below the last narrows (view SE) |
![Million Hills Wash](p-mwe/S120_37227a.jpg)
More narrows 0.8 miles out; Grand Wash Cliffs in distance (view SE) |