South of Keane Wonder Mine several smaller canyon I wandered up a larger canyon past several mine claim rock cairns to a saddle there time and energy came to a mutual conclusion. Due to the mine claims and non-remarkable geology the canyon was christened with its name.
South of Keane Wonder Mine several smaller canyon I wandered up a larger canyon past several mine claim rock cairns to a saddle there time and energy came to a mutual conclusion. Due to the mine claims and non-remarkable geology the canyon was christened with its name.
I like the name of that canyon. What day were you out there? I'd say it was the same day I was, based on the wind, but it's not like wind is uncommon, so who knows...
Windy day in Death Valley? Nah. It’s always calm here.
One ish canyon further than the one we did. Nice shots!
(2023-03-30, 06:48 PM)Brice Wrote: [ -> ]I like the name of that canyon. What day were you out there?
This hike was yesterday Wednesday March 30,2023 starting at 5pm. I did notice fresh footprints bypassing King Midas Canyon and some along the base of the west face as I hiked southeasterly to No Claim To Fame Canyon. BTW, the canyon most likely has no name because it has no particularly standouts except the large mine claim cairns about.
I did observe a total of four well built and not vandalized claim marker cairns each about 3-4 feet tall that seemed to run a mostly north to south straight line over the lower edges of the small canyons. Two of the trails I stumbled upon head up and down were more than bighorn sheep trails. I'm assuming that miners traversed this area heavily for a short time period. There me something curious, fun, or historical up and over into the canyon further southeast from the saddle where I turned about face? The only artifacts on the hike visible to me were in the alluvial washes out of Keane Wonder and King Midas.
(2023-03-30, 07:35 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: [ -> ] (2023-03-30, 06:48 PM)Brice Wrote: [ -> ]I like the name of that canyon. What day were you out there?
This hike was yesterday Wednesday March 30,2023 starting at 5pm. I did notice fresh footprints bypassing King Midas Canyon and some along the base of the west face as I hiked southeasterly to No Claim To Fame Canyon. BTW, the canyon most likely has no name because it has no particularly standouts except the large mine claim cairns about.
I did observe a total of four well built and not vandalized claim marker cairns each about 3-4 feet tall that seemed to run a mostly north to south straight line over the lower edges of the small canyons. Two of the trails I stumbled upon head up and down were more than bighorn sheep trails. I'm assuming that miners traversed this area heavily for a short time period. There me something curious, fun, or historical up and over into the canyon further southeast from the saddle where I turned about face? The only artifacts on the hike visible to me were in the alluvial washes out of Keane Wonder and King Midas.
Minor nitpick, yesterday was March 29 (today is March 30)
Yep that's the same day I was out there. There was a strange lack of cairns in the canyon we went up.
Really glad to see folks finally exploring these canyons in modern times! Thanks DVD for the video report of that canyon!
(2023-03-30, 07:35 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: [ -> ]I did notice fresh footprints bypassing King Midas Canyon and some along the base of the west face as I hiked southeasterly to No Claim To Fame Canyon. BTW, the canyon most likely has no name because it has no particularly standouts except the large mine claim cairns about.
There was a Geological Society of America trip to Monarch Canyon (and a number of other places in the area) this past week. There were some nice pictures of their group climbing the bypass trail!
I passed that group like 2-3x in a few days. They stood out to me especially because one of their rigs was a dually van which is a rare sight indeed.