Thanks for the water report. We've heard that Cottonwood is seasonal, but it's good to know it's flowing this late in the season. Well, if you had snow/rain, maybe it's flowing this early in the next season! We were once coming from the west, down from the North Rim, and had started the day at Lonetree, and planned on getting to Grapevine, which is supposed to be perennial. The creek was dry, and by the time we got to the springs, we had already made up our mind to try to push the additional 4 miles to make it to Cottonwood, because we had heard it was 'gushing'. Well, it was a nice trickle, but after a 14 mile hike without seeing any water, it felt like a geyser!

Good to know that you can reasonably get to the river from Cottonwood, in case of emergency.

Thanks for taking me back!