The trailhead starts at Weeping Rock, which produces some pretty amazing hanging gardens. According to our shuttle driver the water takes 1200 years to penetrate through the rock and feed the greenery.
Our hike started with a well maintained path and slowly turned into sand and rock. Before reaching the mouth of Hidden Canyon you must use several anchored chains to make your way around some cliff edges. There was little danger of actually falling but there was always a small feeling in the back of your mind, what if...
The floor of the canyon itself is a dry creek bed. This probably has some run off during spring from snow melt, but when we arrived it was like walking on the beach. Hidden Canyon was narrow and steep-walled. The sandstone was carved out by the wind and water in some pretty interesting formations. Near the end of the canyon there is a free standing arch that was about twenty feet across.
The canyon gets more and more narrow until no amount of climbing and scrambling without canyoneering tools will get you any further. We ate our gas station ham and cheese sandwich with a granola bar and a swig of water while sitting on a fallen log, and made our way back.
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2 comments:
All I can say is breath takingly "loverly"
Some pixs are truly worthy of printing. ghl
I thought that was a bear at first. Kinda like the bear in Bjork's "Human Behavior" video. At any rate, very lovely photos. Hope you had a fun Turkey Day!
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