Arizona has some pretty alright C class ( moving water ) canyons as long as you catch them in time when they are flowing. tucked into a rather un assuming beautiful region of Arizona Parker canyon delivers quite the scenic stab in the eye of geology and color. noting that two streams feed into parker, we were nearing the end of the season but still...
The Tusher range is a alpine terrain that was formed through volcanic activity and lifted to the beautiful place that it is today.Delano peak is just over 12,000 of elevation and has a beautiful depiction of the range from its peak. I was surprised to see how beautiful this place was and how the grassy region was rather colorful the minerals in the rocks made...
Bear canyon is a north Arizona canyon that we decided to grab at the last minute before heading back to vegas. At 2 1/2 hours, car to car, canyon was quite short and did not take long to get through Raps were straightforward and less then 100 feet in length. check a canyon beta site for specific rope lengths. The approach was not all that steep...
hog canyon is a short dry canyon near parker canyon in Arizona. the first sequence of raps has a nice entry into the canyonfollowing that up with a bit of scenic pinks and reds in the wall. \the loop makes this an easy canyon to complete within an hour or two. make sure your orientation is accurate and that you go down to the (adsbygoogle =...
Heading down the highway towards page we check out another short canyon right off the highway. This canyon is straightforward could be done as a lunch hour meetup. The cream colored canyon walls and somewhat deep and shallow sections of the canyon gave away some decent scenery for this desert drainage. The last rap is a 50 drop to the canyon floor and into a pretty...
Last canyon for this trip and a scenic two stage rappel entrance drop into a canyon. The views were nice and the drops were dramatic but the graffiti in the canyon was no so great. This is a good contrast from the other canyons and shows (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); how technical competency and community cultures actually have a part in the protection of canyons...
