Hiking the Aqua Fria at Black Canyon City

We hiked the trail from Black Canyon City down to the Aqua Fria. It is a great trail, shared by hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers. There are often not many places to easily pass but we found friendly and outgoing people as we traversed the up and down terrain. I think there was perhaps 270 feet of vertical climbing in the 1.8 miles between the parking lot and the river bank.