“The Jug” Arizona

This should answer your questions:

http://www.toddshikingguide.com/Hikes/Arizona/Tonto/Salome3.htm

Thanks for the link!

I have heard that the waterfall that people rappel off can also be jumped off into the pool below the falls. Is that true? If the rappel is necessary, is it pretty simple? I have a regular climbing harness and a belay device and have done some basic rappels before. Would I be able to do that one?

Dan: The rappel is simple to setup, but I would advise an autoblock for the first person to descend, and a fireman's belay for everybody else. The waterfall is quite slippery. I enjoyed the luxury of my 6mm wetsuit while I hung out in the water and gave everybody a fireman's.

The jump option looks intimidating from the rappel, but I watched several people do it – you can climb down until you are only about 20 feet above the water before you jump, and it was quite deep when I was there. The climb down is out of sight, which is what makes it look intimidating from the rap.

If I did it again I would probably jump.

Thanks for the reply! So we have ATC belay devices that we were planning on using. Would that work for a simple rappel like that? Or, I was thinking of just jumping down if that would be easier.