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| no partners | | Backpacked the South Canyon Route with a group of 6.
Drove to the trailhead with an Xterra and Crosstrek. Road conditions were good.
The scrambling, exposure, and difficulty of the route was less than I anticipated. The route was well-cairn-ed. Route finding was definitely required, but I never felt the need to check my GPS. You are exposed to notable drop-offs, but the footing and trail width was always reasonable at these points. Salt Trail, as a point of comparison, was more difficult in my opinion.
We camped on the shelf right above the beach to avoid the sand. There was a private rafting group that set up camp on the down-stream end of the beach. They reported that they were 3 days into their trip.
We went and explored Stanton's Cave and Vasey's paradise. The footing getting out to Vasey's Paradise was a bit treacherous, fortunately the wet rock along the river was grippier than it looked.
There were a couple half-frozen pools of water right where we dropped into South Canyon. Sediment in the Colorado was minimal. Temperatures were in the 20s at night, 30s for much of our time spent hiking below the rim, and topped out in the 50s.
Overall it was a great trip. Bit chilly. The scenery was excellent and we got to explore a part of canyon that is otherwise only accessible to rafters. |
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