Mountaineering It was by this time that Eric had returned, with the rest of the group coming in one after the other behind him. After a few minutes gathering the group once more, we started our hike again and arrived on the Christopher Creek Campground and our cars by 12:30-12:45pm. As soon as everyone had safely returned again, it was time to journey on to the 2nd water hike of the day, the Ellison Creek Cascades, just north east of Payson. By 1pm we acquired again into our automobiles and drove route 260 west back to Payson, then hung a …