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| no partners | | Just a nice and easy birthday backpacking trip for my 24th birthday with my good friend Brandon. After scanning the area from satellite view on Google Maps there were a few plausible waterfall sections of Fossil Creek that caught my eye that I wanted to check out in person. We started from Stehr Lake and made our canyon descent on the well traveled game trails down to a perfect camp on the creek bench with a looming view of Deadman Mesa. Lots of beer and whiskey led to an unexpected early nights rest but prompted an early next day of exploring. We ventured downstream to the main sight I had marked that seemed to be a good sized falls area. The canyon was way more beautiful than I was expecting, it truly had so many different and unique views with every 100ft or so. After making it to the destination and finding out that it was in fact a major single concentrated rapid area it unfortunely just didn't quite have the height to make it a profound waterfall. We had lunch on a sweet beach area nearby and attempted to test the frigid waters, even though the sun was prominent all day and rather hot outside for April, the water is still too cold to comfortably swim in. On the return trek we proceeded no more than a quarter mile or so from camp going upstream and surprisingly found out the best waterfall section of the whole area! I was overjoyed after coming across this unique little section! It consisted of two twin falls that were separated my a rock formation in the middle, they are no more than 5 feet in height but the sheer amount of water being forced in that small area and lush green surroundings just makes this one of my favorite little waterfalls. The kind of waterfall area that deserves a name in my book, I just haven't been able to come up with one yet... We went another 1/4 mile upstream to check out another area that seemed probable for a falls area and we were greeted by the only part of the whole trip that was going to require getting our feet wet, with no way to portage on either side of the shallow pool the narrow canyon creates the only way to go was right through the water, luckily it was only a few inches deep of emerald water, no problem, it was actually quite relaxing and one of my favorite areas of the trip. Again what seemed to possibly be a falls area was just a very nice section of rapids, no worries because I enjoyed every bit this canyon had to offer. We came across some killer campsites near the creekside throughout our journey but the roar of the water would be a little too much for me being that close, some were literally within 10 feet or so. We did not see another soul during our trip which was awesome because it just added to the fun of having this little paradise to ourselves since its relatively easy to access. All in all another great trip exploring the many wonders that this great state has to
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