ADAM HAYDOCK

ARACNAPHOBIA CANYON 3AII. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Adam Haydock March 01, 2020

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.

The canyon starts off with a bang with one rap after another.

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.

The clouds made for a great day of photography as the sunlight did quite make many sides to much of a hot spot.

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.

There are some great canyons within this particular area and I think all three are worth a visit.

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

If you are looking for canyon beta visit ropewiki.com this website is just for journal and personal use only.

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TYPHON CANYON SOUTH FORK 3AIII. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Adam Haydock 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.

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.

This site is only for journal and personal documentative purposes only.

If you are looking for beta on this canyon check out ropewiki.com for more information,.

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.

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CHARON CANYON 3AIII. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

February 03, 2020

Death valley doesn't seem to have much in terms of life or might even appear to lack the activates many people of the outdoor inclined would consider, but within the barren desert and massive geologically ancient views has some fantastic canyoneering routes.

The black range has some interesting canyoneering routes which are quite accessible from the top with a shuttle or from the bottom by hiking up to the tail end of the canyon.

Charon canyon has been on the list of places to visit for a bit and a bottom up hike was suggested as the best way to go.

The hike was steep and 2800 ft of gain later we were at the top end tail of the canyon in around 2 1/2 hours.

I didn't really feel that this canyon was all that difficult to gain from the bottom.

The canyon had over 15 raps and we were quite impressed with the narrow sections of the canyon and the colored walls.

Big views and colored walls are pretty typical of the black range but this canyon was a bit more narrow in nature.

I found this canyon to be one of my favorites in the black range area and prob top 5 best in Death Valley.

There were previous groups that came through this canyon earlier in the season which was obvious by the re-freshed anchors we encountered.

The views were fantastic as most of these views are but the narrow corridors gave for a great dynamic to the canyon and the dramatic accentuated the personality of charon canyon.

The biggest drop we encountered in this canyon was around 145 feet.

There were a number of drops that were around or over 100 feet

Another feature about this canyon is that is was dropping fast as we descended down, with a lot of boulder hopping and some steep downclimbing.

Regardless, it had a lot of interesting views and never got redundant.

We were making great progress as we came down the canyon and made it back within 9 hours of our start.

I am very surprised that this canyon gets few visitors as it is one of the more scenic canyons in the Black Range.

We considered coming from the top down but there would have been a lengthily car shuttle and a lengthy hike down the range to get to the Charon.

Although the bottom up approach seems to be a bit more work, it appears now that it is actually less work over all to come from the bottom up.

I am all about the less work for more...and the views were excellent coming up the approach.

The exit back to the car was only .3 miles.

This also avoids the long car shuttle that would have to occur if you came from the top.

I also find that having everyone carry a length of rope and extra webbing allows for more efficient canyoneering and builds a greater safety margin.

The best time to visit is in the winter months as it will get hot out here by April.

Put Charon on your list of canyons to visit in death valley!!

This blog is for informational and diary purposes only

If you are interested in any of these canyons please do your research and be prepared to build anchors or replace anchor material on your way through the canyon.

Awesome canyon !!!

#canyoneering

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