TYPHON CANYON SOUTH FORK 3AIII. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

March 01, 2020

Typhon-a serpent monster and one of the deadliest creatures to inhabit the Greek mythological timeline.

many famous monsters from Typhon was spun as the serpent existed as this canyon spins its own monstrous off spring in the form of canyon forks.

A day full of down climbs, sliding scree piles, rappels, and descent into the white lands of below 0elevation. This is what will be found within the limbs of Typhons.

There are three classic routes to Typhon canyon but there is now evidenced that there might be up to 5 forks within the reaches of this drainage.

Starting the day off at the top of Dantes peak is one way to visit the canyon but al alternative method would be to go from the bottom up.

Walking the ridge of dantes to Typhon or any other canyon has its own charm

The relatively easy traverse across the ridge gives way to the incredible sunrise views and picture worthy mountain range colors that I find to be some of the best in Death Valley.

There are numerous canyon options was you traverse the ridge

Once we got to the fork leading down into Typhon, we had three classic options for typhon.

We chose the south fork as we heard there was a natural arch that we would be able to rappel through,.

After a few scree piles and lost descent, we got into the south fork of typhon.

The colors within the walls started to appear and the rappelling began.

I am fairly certain that these colors are a result of hydrothermal activity and at one time, this rock was introduced to mineralized spring water.

This is obviously millions of years ago but the circular and "wave like" patterns in the rock with odd fitting color appear to be hydrothermal in nature.