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There's enough water here in upper Butcher Knife Canyon that the stream channel is quite brushy

5061-butcher-knife-canyon.jpg Near the top of Teutonia Peak Trail, we get a good view across to nearby Kessler Peak (at left)ThumbnailsAfter breakfast and coffee, my task is to walk the 3/4 mile over to Bathtub Spring and filter more drinking waterNear the top of Teutonia Peak Trail, we get a good view across to nearby Kessler Peak (at left)ThumbnailsAfter breakfast and coffee, my task is to walk the 3/4 mile over to Bathtub Spring and filter more drinking waterNear the top of Teutonia Peak Trail, we get a good view across to nearby Kessler Peak (at left)ThumbnailsAfter breakfast and coffee, my task is to walk the 3/4 mile over to Bathtub Spring and filter more drinking waterNear the top of Teutonia Peak Trail, we get a good view across to nearby Kessler Peak (at left)ThumbnailsAfter breakfast and coffee, my task is to walk the 3/4 mile over to Bathtub Spring and filter more drinking waterNear the top of Teutonia Peak Trail, we get a good view across to nearby Kessler Peak (at left)ThumbnailsAfter breakfast and coffee, my task is to walk the 3/4 mile over to Bathtub Spring and filter more drinking water

Suddenly, hiking is becoming much slower as I attempt to avoid the densest brush. I encountered a rattlesnake in this canyon when I hiked here in 2008.