Water Canyon - 4.10.2016
A photo of the GPS track of our trip up Water Canyon and beyond... located in the Canaan Mountains... 6.4 miles roundtrip, gaining ~2000 feet of elevation. The GPS track got a little convoluted in the narrow part of the canyon.
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The last mile or so of the Water Canyon Road can get a little muddy when it rains... and the previous day's rain made the road very challenging.
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We will get a good car wash in the town of Hildale after the hike.
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Heading up Water Canyon.
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Water Canyon is fairly wide at the beginning of the hike... looking back down the canyon as we continue up canyon on a reasonable path.
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The canyon starts to narrow.
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The path stays on the west side of the canyon floor... looks like BarbE has found a new friend.
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Above the slot... occasionally we found an obstacle.
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Snowdog better hope that tree doesn't give way.
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A bit more challenging here... path is on the left.
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I continued up a ways... looking down on the gang as they take a break.
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Ascending above the slot.
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High enough now to see some slickrock.
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More slickrock.
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Not quite sure what Snowdog is doing here... but it looks like she is taunting me.
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Above the canyon walls now and continuing.
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Back into the slickrock... and great rock formations.
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Relaxing on a cow pie.
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Slickrock everywhere.
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Lets go up some slickrock.
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Is this natural or man-made?
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A close up of the White Domes on Canaan Mountain... our original goal... but we ran out of time.
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Slickrock and more slickrock.
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Interesting rock formations.
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Snowdog relaxes... looks like some serious clouds are moving in.
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I continued up a bit to my high point of 6920+.
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A selfie from my high point.
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A break before heading back to the car.
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Toad stool... or mushroom?
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Slickrock.
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Some Class 2 climbing.
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Definitely a few Class 2 sections.
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Almost out of the narrow part of the canyon.
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A selfie in Water Canyon... tomman, me, Snowdog and BarbE.
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Almost out of the narrow part of the canyon and we saw this group canyoneering in the slot... we still have more than a mile left to get back to the car... and we will barely beat the rain.
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