(2024-12-11, 08:11 PM)jkpaulsen Wrote: I'm sorry to hear about your frustrations with Slit Canyon. I've got a (long overdue!) trip coming up in January and was hoping to hike up Slit and camp near Inyo mine. Is this the place where you had to turn around? Just trying to get a sense of where we might run into trouble, too.

I solved the parking problem by booking the site at the gap in the Wall.  That'll allow us to get an early start the day of the hike, as well as a good place to crash if we have to bail. 

Thanks for sharing your trip!

(2024-12-11, 10:22 PM)Kauri Wrote: @Daymoth is the dry-fall you had difficulty with in Slit the one at the very end of the slit going up-canyon? I recall (and given how long it's been since I've been up that canyon I could be completely wrong, sorry!) that you can bypass the entire slit area including that dry-fall on the right side (going up-canyon) by extending the workaround for the initial grotto area. Or maybe not but I do think we found that we were able to bypass the slit somehow on the hike back. Is the rock nettle bush still growing in the middle of that dry-fall? I remember that made it an even bigger challenge to climb.

(2024-12-11, 10:22 PM)Kauri Wrote: @jkpaulsen do you have any other pics from the folks who did the hike other than the one you shared? I'm pretty sure that's not the one Daymoth is referring to; that's not the fall at the end of the slit. I *think* the one in the pic you shared might be the initial grotto dry-fall section that's bypassed on the right side going up-canyon, and is before the slit.

(2024-12-12, 07:09 AM)jkpaulsen Wrote: Bah. One of my hiking partners correctly says I shouldn't stress about it. "Let's just go and try it."

(2024-12-12, 07:09 AM)jkpaulsen Wrote:

(2024-12-11, 10:22 PM)Kauri Wrote: @jkpaulsen do you have any other pics from the folks who did the hike other than the one you shared? I'm pretty sure that's not the one Daymoth is referring to; that's not the fall at the end of the slit. I *think* the one in the pic you shared might be the initial grotto dry-fall section that's bypassed on the right side going up-canyon, and is before the slit.

Yes, here is the page with the rest of that user's photos. If the locations are accurate, maybe this one matches Daymoth's/Diggonet's/your description a bit better. I also found this video that might show the spot.

Bah. One of my hiking partners correctly says I shouldn't stress about it. "Let's just go and try it."

(2024-12-12, 02:39 PM)Daymoth Wrote: its literally at the very beginning where he says "downclimbing is going to be the hard part". Yup!

(2024-12-11, 10:29 PM)Daymoth Wrote:

(2024-12-11, 06:09 PM)Brice Wrote: If you really are going back to climb something, here's my assessment of the peaks around Echo.


Rockfall peak, east ridgeline.  Interesting rock formations to look at, nice views of Echo canyon and surrounding area.  Class 1 or maybe class 2 in areas.   5 miles RT, 1500 feet of gain.

Schwaub peak.  Class 2, maybe easy class 3 in spots (I can't remember for sure).  The best views in the area will be found from this summit.  7.5 miles RT, 2300 feet of gain.

Thankyou!!

Are any of these super crumbly shitty class 2? ill take solid class 3 over super crumbly slippery shitty class 2 anytime