Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Pyramid via Slot Canyon

On this hike we started to look for the Big Colorful Canyon and as we followed the instructions it didn't seem all that clear so we went by the GPS mileage and turned up a canyon that was exactly .25 miles from our parking area.  Just because it wasn't a wide canyon didn't matter.

We had a great hike and ended up exploring two slot canyons. The first canyon ended abruptly and it looked as if no one had attempted to climb out, but the next one looked very promising and we made it all the way to the top of a ridge.  

It was obvious that we weren't where we were meant to be so we dropped down into a canyon that was part of the Pyramid Canyon Trail.  It was very interesting to take this round-about-route...

Not the right opening for colorful canyon...


The scenery was spectacular and the path seemed wide.


The first slot canyon came to an end and I didn't want to scale the falls.

Always seems to be lots of lizards around.


Lots of rock/sand blocks that have calved off the side of the canyon.

Some of the rocks are suspended and form a cave where we had to crawl through.





The last slot canyon we climbed the waterfall and came out near the top of a ridge.

Thanks to Arick for supply some pictures.

We got great cell reception up here too.

Brittle Bush is starting to bloom after last week's rain.

We thought we saw a pyramid straight ahead.


It was more obvious looking at it from the east side.


There are many rock formations that reminded me of Arizona.



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