Hello and some trip reports Jan 22

[Daymoth]

Right I  managed to find some time for more DV photos.

Red Wall Canyon.

So after Mummy canyon we had some hours of daylight to spare. We had no plan, no guidebook,no internet. I sugested we go to Mosaic since we havent done it in years. We drove all the way to the trailhead to find like 20 cars there and husband NOPEd the hell out and turned around ignoring my protests.

So next thing we tried was to check out Marble wich is in my to do list. But even if this time we rented an SUV for the trip, the road started to get sandier and sandier so we turned around.

I was getting quite frustrated because with 2-3h of light is not like we could just go on an exploring mission. But I started looking in my downloaded folder see what was saved from my previous readings on DV. And yay! I had a gps pointer from birdandhike and a report from Kauri up to the first obstacle of Red Wall.

Well lets check it out.

The approach was an awful slog. The type you have to constantly concentrate not to trip and roll your ankle. We got to the canyon right at sunset.



We explored during twilight and it was gorgeous. After a week of red canyons in Utah this one still managed to have us wooing and aaahing.





We met a guy near the chokestone, his buddy was exploring the narrows. I think its the first time we meet somebody in these offtrail canyons. But DV seemed busier than ever. When we got to the chokestone it was headlamp and return to car time.

The way back on the wash suuuucked. But I really want to go back and try make it pass the obstacle ( if there is a rope still there), despite the shitty wash.