Death Valley 2022/23

[Beardilocks]

Took a hike to a very nice, and as far as I can tell on the interwebs, undocumented canyon. I brought Brice along so that he could up with wrong ideas for what to name the canyon.

I'm voting for Glitter Canyon because all the shiny rocks (some form of schist I think?) leave the sand of the canyon floor looking like the floor of a strip club.  Plus all the super shiny rocks glitter in the sunlight.  Brice has bad taste in music and wants to name it Disco Canyon.  Vote below to see what we make unofficial.

The canyon is about 1mi SE of the parking area for Keane Wonder.  It's very colorful, very shiny, and very scenic.  

Colorful


There were many falls to climb or bypass but nothing too hard.




Great views back towards the valley.








One of the bypasses.


The widest section of the canyon.




So much mineralization everywhere.   Forbidden cheesy popcorn here.






These would have all been shiny brightly if the sun had been out.


End of the line.




Great views on the way back.


Finally.  GOLD!  I'm rich and can retire.


This was a really enjoyable canyon.  Not a long one.  About 1mi long and about 800ft of elevation gain hopping up dryfalls.  But fascinating geology and beautiful views.  

We hit a side canyon on the way back that looked interesting on satellite.  It had some nice marble-isn chutes and falls.




Then we found a really well preserved (for DV) Quaker State oil can from Oil City PA.




Good day.