Standing over the gorge as wind carries dust and debris over the rim has me pondering the origins of this volcanic canyon. Water and time eroded away a gorge exposing the deposits of reds and yellows through bands in the wall and leaving a tale of fire and smoke for this regions hostile past. Rainbow canyon is a short half day canyon just...
Burnt canyon is a large tributary within the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park. There is a non technical multi day hike that takes you down into the canyon and a technical canyoneering route that takes you through the east fork. The non technical multi day hike takes you down a path to the main fork of burnt canyon.There is miles of gorge likeHiking that...
Blue Point Spring and Rogers Spring are two spring resurgences within the Lake Mead National Recreation area an hour north of Las Vegas. These two spring resurgences release warm spring water that was measured to be at 81 degrees F. The water comes from 10s of miles away from a large aquifier that might be connected to a system under ely, Nevada. I...
Mighty mouse canyon is a cute little side canyon located in the Zion national park region. After coming up the narrows from another canyon, we took a side trip to visit mighty mouse. We made our way over a hill with some scrambling involved and worked our way down into mighty mouse. We found the raps to be straightforward and had 4 raps...
Eastern Sun canyon is a remote Zion national park canyon that doesn't get a whole lot of visitors and also packs a punch. The canyon is near Dead eye dick and mighty mouse which all three can be combined for a long day on the east mesa region. We got an early start so we could take advantage of the day and get...
