ADAM HAYDOCK

Located in the White mountains, Boundary Peak is Nevada's highest peak inching up to 13,146ft at the summit.   

Heading to the trailhead can be a challenge in itself, especially if you head up form the south side to the trailhead. The road continuously gets worse and becomes rather steep.  I recommend parking at the start of the final approach as there is nowhere to park if you get stuck and the road can be quite challenging if you get into a problem. 

I recommend heading up the north road to the saddle trailhead as the majority of the people hiking to the summit were coming up form the north. 

The hike to the summit is straightforward and no snow was encountered. 

There is a false summit that I found to be a bit steeper than the final approach to the proper summit. 

I highly recommend taking your time to enjoy the views along the way, they are incredible!

Making it to the summit, you are welcomed with excellent views from the top and the nearby sierras. 

The next peak ( Montgomery peak) is a couple hundred feet higher and is just across the border in California.   

these two summits are doable to reach and I think that you will find a lot of value grabbing both summits. 

 

Mud stone and silt stone canyons are few and far in between in the world of canyons.

This particular canyon gives a flavor of silt stone rock with great views and excellent drops including a free hanging 180 ft rap. 

Aracnaphobia canyon is also a great half day canyon for people to visit to round off the weekend. 

The raps are in some areas in rapid fire succession but other areas there is a bit of walking involved. 

We changed out a few anchors and developed a great pace for the team to get out in good time. 

There are sections of narrow canyon corridors but other sections where it is indeed open. 

We had everyone carry ropes and we were able to leap frog quickly. 

I can only imagine this canyon getting very hot in the summer time and making this place unbearable. 

Once we got down from the canyon that drainage pours into desolation canyon where we were presented by a heard of tourists. 

I do recommend this canyon and it was better than I thought. 

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 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.

 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. 

Heading down the canyon we found almost 20 rappels in total.

We changed some anchors and re-freshed material. 

The canyon had its moments when it would narrow up but it stayed pretty open for a lot of the descent. 

The biggest drop we encountered was less than 200 ft. 

Numerous downclimbs and raps were encountered with some decent amounts of walking in sections of raps. 

The nettle leaf was in full effect in this canyon which some actually caught a few leaves in their armpits!!

We were able get down the canyon within 10 hours from start to finish. 

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This canyon was a good one but I prefer some others like Charon, Deimos, and Cerberus Canyons. 

However, I do recommend that this is a canyon worth visiting and you will find some great Black range fun in Typhon.