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| | Canyon Hiking - Non-technical; no rope; easy scrambling; occasional hand use | | A - Dry or little water; shallow or avoidable water; no wet/dry suit | | II - Normally requires a half day |
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| no partners | | Have I ever Mentioned that I Love Canyons????? 
Time for some Slot Canyons...  This Hike was a 3 for the Price of 1...A Real Bargain in Canyoneering 
I did 6 Slot Canyons in 3 Days, and 3 of them were on this Day...
When I got to the TH, I got the last Parking Spot...  Pretty busy for a Weekday in the middle of Nowhere... Got down to Dry Fork, went to the Entrance of Peek-a-boo, saw a Line of People waiting to get up in there and decided to start with Spooky on this Loop...
In the Dry Fork Coyote Gulch Description, it states that if you can do Spooky without a Pack, do it...That Description nails this down...Even with a Butt Pack, I ended carrying it almost the whole way...You literally do this Canyon sideways for 75% of it's Length...Think Fat Man's Pass stretched out for about 1 Mile...  This Canyon is seriously not for people with Claustrophobia...And unfortunately, this Canyon is not One-Way, so I was meeting people coming down...Luckily, there were a few Areas that were Wide Enough for people to squeak by each other...One Chockstone towards the End initially looked intimidating, but after taking a good look, it went pretty easy...And then I was out and heading up and around to descend down Peek-a-boo...
Peek-a-boo from the Top, Down, was interesting...It started to Slot up right away, but then widened back out and didn't go deep until almost the End...The Bottom 300 Feet of this Canyon is absolutely Amazing...I'll let the Photos detail that a bit...There were also Potholes very close to the Bottom and they had a bit of Water in them...With a Slide, a Slip, a slight Gyration over the Water and an Instantaneous, Unplanned Leg Split, I somehow stayed Dry on the First Pothole. The Second was just a little Ledge Walking with a BIG Step to avoid the Water and seemed much easier in Comparison....A little Downclimbing to get out of the Slot, which was fun too...
Took a Break in Dry Fork and then headed up the Narrows of it...Went up it until it started to really widen out and then turned around and came back...Those Narrows felt like a Superhighway compared to Peek-a-boo and Spooky... 
Hiked back up the Hill and back to the Vehicle...I spent enough time down there that 75% of the Parking Lot was now Empty... 
What else can I say...Another Awesome Day in Utah... And another Huge Photoset....  |
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| | | Calf Deep Pools in the Potholes at the Bottom... | | _____________________
| Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty & well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, totally worn out & proclaiming, "Wow What a Ride!" |
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