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| | Canyoneering | 9.40 Miles | 5 Hrs 14 Mns | | 1.90 mph |
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| no partners | | I did this one a few years back at the end of May and made a note to return when there was water. With the rain on Thursday and coming off some more recent rains in the area, I decided to make a return and introduce my wife to the area. Turned out to be a great choice.
Sections of this hike offer some of the best views in the Supes, IMO.
Despite screwing up the start of the hike on my last trip, I made a similar mistake this time (should have read my tripog from last time first ....). This time, we followed the parking lot up the hill. Unfortunately, there is a spur trail that looks established and one naturally assumes that's the way to go. The actual trail entrance is actually pretty obscured. The key is to locate the powerline, as the trail leaves the parking lot and immediately switches back down under the powerline.
Ok, on with the triplog.
After the initial climb, the trail drops into the drainage and essentially ends. From here on, it's streambed navigation and boulder-hopping ....
Plenty of water in the drainage with some very large pools.
Shortly after the turn up to Peter's Canyon, you encounter the large boulder obstacles that block the drainage. For the most part, the best passage is to the right (looking upstream) with one particularly critical rabbit hole that is not obvious, but is marked by a couple of cairns, if you are looking closely. I don't believe I found that rabbit hole last time ....
After navigating the boulder field, there is a fun slickrock area that had some running water and lots of pools. Following the slickrock area the canyon opens up and covers what I considered the least interesting section. It doesn't last long.
Shortly, the canyon curves to the right and narrows up again as Peter's Cave comes into view. This section is simply beautiful, surrounded by towering and jagged rock formations that are often lit up beautifully by the rising sunlight.
A register has been put in the cave with some interesting entries. Some of the rotting camp debris I saw last time was still there.
Beyond the cave, the canyon continues to offer fantastic views, with another set of small secondary caves a bit further up the canyon on the right side. In these caves, someone constructed a decent little chair out of tree limbs and some paracord.
Beyond that is the waterfall and large pool that had water in it last time (even at the end of May). This time, the falls were running, though not spectactularly. The scramble up left to get above the falls is fun and a bit spicy.
We ate lunch at the falls and then planned to go further, but with the water, the canyon created a swimmer pool, and we weren't that committed :-). We attempted a bypass by climbing up steeply to the left. It's probably doable, but required a little more spice than we were up for. So, we called it good and made our way back.
Didn't encounter another soul the entire time.
Truly a lovely area. |
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