Bad Medicine Bypass 4.0

The first half of this trail is a fairly easy 2.5 rated trip through the upper part of Box Canyon.  The second half stays in the same drainage but is a difficult 4.0 rated trip bypassing the extreme obstacle called Bad Medicine.  

​The upper part of this trail has a bit of scenery, but really it is all about rock crawling.  There are numerous "extra credit" spots to increase the difficulty to 5.0.

This track ends on First to Find 3.0, which you will take out to 1A Cottonwood - Telegraph 2.5.  This is more interesting if you go counterclockwise, but also longer and more dangerous.  Note that First to Find has many very tippy situations in dangerous spots.

There is a GPS - gpx file at the bottom of the page.
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Bad Medicine Obstacle
The most difficult portion of the trail is between the end of the 2.5 section and the Bad Medicine obstacle.  Some places are tippy and some are narrow.
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Narrow, tippy wash
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A little squeeze
Driving left of this rock is an extra credit.  High requires a bit of nerve and low requires good body armor.
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High around the rock
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Low around the rock
If you take the right (easier) way around the rock, it is necessary to wiggle around for a good alignment into the next obstacle.  
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After rock and corner
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Another extra credit
It is not completely about rock crawling.
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Crags in the distance
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Cowboy bathtub
Updated 2015.
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