2021-10-26, 03:24 PM
Oh, that slot looks like fun!
Palmer from the road is about a mile longer. And "the Cauldron" (I call it "the Hell Hole") is no big deal. There are several use trails you can follow over from the Fall outwash, and one of them simply bypasses it entirely, the other drops in, crosses quickly, and pops out the other side. There is a good use trail up from that wash into Palmer. Whether it's any easier, despite a couple extra miles round trip, from the road of course depends on whether you find much desert pavement as you ascend that alluvial fan.
Palmer from the road is about a mile longer. And "the Cauldron" (I call it "the Hell Hole") is no big deal. There are several use trails you can follow over from the Fall outwash, and one of them simply bypasses it entirely, the other drops in, crosses quickly, and pops out the other side. There is a good use trail up from that wash into Palmer. Whether it's any easier, despite a couple extra miles round trip, from the road of course depends on whether you find much desert pavement as you ascend that alluvial fan.