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Just above Malpais Spring is another thicket area with lots of willows, and these upright bushes that I don't recognize

6423-malpais-spring.jpg The stream from Malpais Spring is very shallow, so I try digging a hole deep enough to accommodate the end of my water filterThumbnailsI climb up the canyon wall a bit to get an overview of the Malpais Spring areaThe stream from Malpais Spring is very shallow, so I try digging a hole deep enough to accommodate the end of my water filterThumbnailsI climb up the canyon wall a bit to get an overview of the Malpais Spring areaThe stream from Malpais Spring is very shallow, so I try digging a hole deep enough to accommodate the end of my water filterThumbnailsI climb up the canyon wall a bit to get an overview of the Malpais Spring areaThe stream from Malpais Spring is very shallow, so I try digging a hole deep enough to accommodate the end of my water filterThumbnailsI climb up the canyon wall a bit to get an overview of the Malpais Spring areaThe stream from Malpais Spring is very shallow, so I try digging a hole deep enough to accommodate the end of my water filterThumbnailsI climb up the canyon wall a bit to get an overview of the Malpais Spring area

Open areas between the thickets make it possible to hike easily further up the wash.