Painted Canyon - 4.15.2015

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A photo of our GPS track in the Painted Canyon located in the Mecca Hills... 5 miles roundtrip, gaining 1000 feet of elevation.
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The trailhead is located very near the end of Painted Canyon Road... there is no trailhead sign.
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Heading up Painted Canyon.
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BarbE, tomman and Denali Girl in Painted Canyon.
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We didn't hike very far before we found the first two ladders.
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tomman coming up the first ladder.
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BarbE on the second ladder.
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Protect those nails.
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Continuing up Painted Canyon.
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Still going up Painted Canyon.
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BarbE on the big ladder.
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Here comes tomman and Denali Girl.
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Denali Girl coming up.
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Nice colors in Painted Canyon.
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BarbE has found another ladder.
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Kind of a funny placement for this ladder.
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A wooden ladder.
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The wooden ladder has seen better days.
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BarbE leads the way.
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Back in a wide section of Painted Canyon.
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Denali Girl and tomman in Painted Canyon.
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A narrow section of Painted Canyon.
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Cooler in the shade.
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Cairns in the canyon.
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Class 2 climbing.
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No ladder needed here.
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More Class 2 climbing.
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Looking for a way to get out of this canyon.
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BarbE has found the way out of this part of the canyon.
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Above Painted Canyon for a short time.
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tomman leads us down into another part of Painted Canyon... so that we can do a loop trip.
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This part of the canyon is much wider than the way we went in.
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On the way out of Painted Canyon.
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We do have to redo the first two ladders that we did at the beginning of the day.
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Almost back at the car after a fun day in Painted Canyon.