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| no partners | | Becky and I set out for a NYD hike with plans to visit Peter. Tortilla creek was raging so we opted to check out Geronimo head instead. As we neared the ridge before Geronimo canyon, we started to hear the sounds of gushing water. Much to our surprise, Geronimo was flowing heavily!  We aborted plans again and opted to head down the canyon. This is one of the most challenging canyons we have navigated through as you spend most of your time bouldering, down climbing, waist-chest deep in bushes or twisting your way through catclaw. The continuous waterfalls and geology made it well worth the effort!
I had remembered reading about Geronimo becoming a technical canyon at some point and figured it was a short canyon so worse case scenario - we'd just backtrack. We encountered the first rap site towards the bottom. This was easily navigated around by going up and to the left with a bit of a sketchy down climb on the other side. Of course, we meandered our way back upstream to catch what we had missed! 
The second major rap site was stunning! Probably the biggest fall I have seen in the Supes so far. We guesstimated at least 50ft+ (later read that it was 70!) This one proved much harder to navigate around as the canyon clipped into the abyss. We stayed high to the right and took a ledge around to the right which we used to drop into a side canyon. The side canyon was in no way enjoyable as it was slippery rocks and pokey bushes with hidden cacti....The slot canyon at the bottom of that fall was beautiful. We made our way back down to tortilla flats. A VERY slow moving canyon given all of the obstacles but tons of fun! Would not recommend unless you thoroughly enjoy type 2/3 fun - bushwhacking, down climbing, bendy catclaw avoidance strategies, etc. All in all, a great way to welcome the New Year! |
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This canyon turned into a lovely little canyon that narrowed as it reached Fish Creek. There are several large trickling waterfalls from the recent rains that sure would be a treat to see gushing - however, getting there with any more water flow than there was at the time would be quite the challenge. We made our way around and down the obstacles which included one that left Becky draped over a rock with her legs dangling - which provided many laughs 
Anyways, We had a blast making our way up the canyon. Several large boulder fields turned into some fun obstacles and route finding. For the most part it was a light to moderate boulder hop through. There were some tough shrubs here and there but otherwise, not to much in regards to plants/bushes that we needed to get through. The upper part of the canyon turned into a nice wash. We had to remember to keep looking up the whole time because those canyon walls hold so many interesting caves and rock formations. We stopped for lunch at Lost Dutch Canyon before making our way out of the canyon. 
Definitely type 3 fun - but it was worth it. 
We made our way through the washes and trails and up to the saddle at the top of Rhyodacite just before 10am…..let the fun begin! Down Rhyodacite we went….through the bushes and over the rocks. Lots of type 3 fun! We had done a year prior as a loop from the high country but we hadn’t had time that day to check out all of the books and crannies this canyon has to offer. Checked out a few caves that happened to be well worth our while. Then came the dreaded March along salt river back to the car. All in all, a great day!
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