ADAM HAYDOCK

BLACK VOID CANYON, 3AII.DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Adam Haydock October 17, 2018

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

Black Void Canyon is a fantastic half day canyon that is located within Death Valley National park. Black Void Canyon is located in Fall Canyon in the grapevine mountain range which is a fantastic canyon to hike through in-itself.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

There are some great canyons that feed into Fall Canyon. Some have some big views, and raps come in rapid fire succession. I highly recommend this region for a weekend or more multiple trips to visit the Fall canyon range.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

The canyons that I recommend are Crater of Doom, Black Void, and a close third is Deep Chasm. Dark Shadow was another one that was visited and I would put that in fourth place.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

The trail head starts from the parking lot of Fall Canyon and heads off the trail and up the mountain with elevation gain of around 700-800ft.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

This site and information about Black Void is for informational and documentary purposes only. It is not to be used for beta or a means to know how to get through the technical canyon in any sort of way. please go to www.ropewiki.com for more information on this and other canyons.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

Once at the top of the mountain its a bit of a cross country hike around to the tail end of Black Void canyon. You want to make sure you go down the RIGHT canyon or you could find yourself in a situation where you could run out of rope.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

The first rap is around 150 feet in length and it goes down a somewhat of a deep and narrow corridor. The short canyon has two tiers so you will want to get the rope down to the bottom with the first person on rope.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

Always make sure that the pull line is properly packed and all of the rope for the pull line is in the bag and at the top of the drop to be ready to be deployed.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

Once down, the next three raps are less than 100ft in length. As of this time that anchor to the second to the last rap needs to be re-built with webbing wrapping around the boulder. It will make sense when you are there but please bring webbing to re-build this anchor. The final rap, I brought a 330 ft rope and we were easily able to get down to the bottom. I have heard that this last drop of 250-260 or 210. Please check ropewiki for the most up to date information on what ropes to bring.

Black Void Canyon 3AII. Death Valley National Park

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LOWER DEER CREEK CANYON. GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

October 17, 2018

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

After our long technical descent of Middle Deer Creek, the following day we took a few hours to check out the non technical portion of lower deer creek.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

The technical portion of Lower Deer Creek is closed to all visitors but a hiking trail above deer creek is available to view the canyon from above and takes people down to the beach of the Colorado river and the last segment of lower deer creek, which is a beautiful waterfall.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

The canyon was beautiful and the views were absolutely amazing! we hiked around the somewhat sketchy trail to the final overview of the Colorado river.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

Mike and I stayed at the top of the view to take it all in as the rest of the group descended down to the bottom to check out the waterfall and hang out at the river for a bit.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

After an hour or so we started to hike out and back to our campsite.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

Walking back I could only imagine the beauty inside of this varnished, fluted, and strata lined canyon could be.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

I was so grateful to have the opportunity to glimpse into the canyon to see the clear waters and the swirling passage.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

This area is only around 10 minutes from the campsite so that made for a great morning hike to the canyon.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

We now have almost 500ft of elevation to gain in 6-7 miles so we had to get to it and leave the area.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

I am looking forward to coming back one day if the canyon does open back up for canyoneers.

Lower Deer Creek canyon. Grand Canyon National Park.

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MIDDLE FORK DEER CREEK CANYON 3BVI. GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

Adam Haydock October 17, 2018

mike lead slinger green in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

The massive grand canyon not only has a massive vertical filter that leave all but the most committing of visitors to enter, the mystery and sheer beauty of this place is unlike anywhere else on the planet and continues to gravitate me back for more.

morning rise in Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Our initial plan was to visit 150 mile canyon and complete the grand loop of matkat, panameta, and olo canyons but due to the rains, we opted out of that plan and got last minute permits to middle deer canyon and the campsites toward the river.

Mike Green looking over the Tributaries to Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

first rap in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We set out on the kaibab roads to the monument point / Bill Hall trail head.

Second rap in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

The roads were in fantastic shape, even after rain storms! I was really impressed that the roads were so good.

Shirley modeling for the camera in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We got a decent start and the skies were relatively clear. Weather predicted a 20 percent chance of rain so we decided to assess the situation once we got to the tail of the canyon.

working our way down the flash water in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We made our way down the steep trail to the esplanade which was around a decent of 1750ft.

middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We started at around 7200ft and would descend down to around 2450ft of elevation.

getting work done in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Continuing on the esplanade, we can in contact with the Thunder Spring trail and followed that to the tail of Middle Deer Creek Canyon.

After a ridiculous amount of analyzing and planning I decided that we should get Middle Deer complete instead of west deer since it had the most reward and I was figuring the team might not want to do another loop back down and run two canyons in a weekend.

Yannick the french connection in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Once we got to the tail of Middle Deer I inspected the damage that occurred when the recent rains came through and it appeared that not a lot of water came thought.

Yannick about to jump into middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Going down the canyon I noticed that the water did get higher from other in feeders coming into the canyon and knowing that middle deer has some long narrows, we estimated that we will be fine and our risk thresholds were not met.

Angela the official in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

disclaimer: use this information for entertainment and story line experiences of our group only, this information is not to be used to make decisions for your trip. please go to www.ropewiki.com or utilize the grand canyoneering book by Todd martin for more information.

fancy James in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We encountered the first rap and it was around 70ft into a small grotto of sorts.

middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Boulder hopping down for another 30 minutes we encountered a couple more raps and opted to put our wetsuits on as it appeared the the canyon was starting to get narrow.

the hallway in middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

nope!! the canyon opened back up again and we were boulder hopping for a couple hours in open sun conditions with our wet suits on, thinking that the canyon would close back up. not so much!!

middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Eventually, we stopped for some lunch and doubt started to spread within the group. I went to revisit the GPS and confirmed that we are indeed in the right canyon.

middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We continued on and eventually came up to where the water cut into the redwall, we finally made it!

large bounders in Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

The walls narrowed and the signature grand canyon red varnished white/cream colored walls appears and slowly rose as we descended deeper into the narrow canyon.

out of the technical portion middle Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

The potholes were all filled to the brim as an indicator that recent floods came through here and caused quite the "stir" in the canyon.

a down climb in Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We had a total of around 8 raps ups to 70-80 ft in length and a few down climbs to negotiate.

boulder hopping into the night in Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

The walls were narrow and at times, the canyon became somewhat cavernous in nature.

lower Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

We were in these beautiful corridors for around 2 hours until the clouds rolled in and it started to drizzle a bit!.

Lower Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Thankfully we were right at the end of the technical part of the canyon and with just a few more raps we were able to get out of trouble if trouble showed up.

Lower Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

No flashes and the rain stopped. It stayed cloudy for the remainder of the day

Lower Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

After changing back to hiking, we proceeded down canyon which felt like a very long time for the team. We were hiking into the night! We down climbed on the left right after leaving the technical portion and boulder hopped all they way into the night to the spring.

colorado river Lower Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Everyone ran out of water right as we got to the beautiful deer creek spring. We filled up water and confusion set in again as to what we needed to do. We had an option to camp close to where we were but after discussion we continued down river to catch the deer creek trail and eventually made it to the campsite.

Lower Deer Creek Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park

Finally we made it!! we set up camp ate and all went to sleep from a 12 hour day in the canyon. The following day we decided to head down to the river and go through lower deer creek canyon. unfortunately the technical portion of lower deer is closed but we used the hiking trail and made it to the last ridge of the river. I stayed up with mike as everyone else headed to the river. The views were amazing.

hiking out of the thunder spring trail

We headed back out and started our hike up the thunder spring trail. We passed by deer creek cave and had a look at that before continuing up the trail. Once we got to the top of surprise valley, we realized that there was no water, anywhere!! Surprise!!!

Surprise valley

We hiked up another 1500-1700ft to the esplanade and decided to camp here around some pools of water.

esplanade sunset

The conditions were indeed cooler and the temps dropped to around 38 at night but the sunsets were amazing! The following day we hiked out in about 2 1/2 hours and enjoyed a cheer to another grand canyoneering accomplishment.

Deer Creek Canyon tributaries.

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BIG SPRING RESURGENCE

October 01, 2018

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