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The hike down into Butcher Knife Canyon starts off as a small, rocky drainage

5043-butcher-knife-canyon.jpg I relax at the top of Hill 1751-T above Butcher Knife Canyon and try my cell phone before hiking down to the sandy wash belowThumbnailsA few yellow Groundsel flowers and orange Desert mallows brighten up the burned area hereI relax at the top of Hill 1751-T above Butcher Knife Canyon and try my cell phone before hiking down to the sandy wash belowThumbnailsA few yellow Groundsel flowers and orange Desert mallows brighten up the burned area hereI relax at the top of Hill 1751-T above Butcher Knife Canyon and try my cell phone before hiking down to the sandy wash belowThumbnailsA few yellow Groundsel flowers and orange Desert mallows brighten up the burned area hereI relax at the top of Hill 1751-T above Butcher Knife Canyon and try my cell phone before hiking down to the sandy wash belowThumbnailsA few yellow Groundsel flowers and orange Desert mallows brighten up the burned area hereI relax at the top of Hill 1751-T above Butcher Knife Canyon and try my cell phone before hiking down to the sandy wash belowThumbnailsA few yellow Groundsel flowers and orange Desert mallows brighten up the burned area here

Prior to the 2005 brush fires, this area would have been quite green and shady.