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The first try had been made in the spring, when there was much too much snow around, but the approach had been figured out. The second try in June had been more successful, but when they got to the head of the canyon, it was flowing with WAY too much water.
Read MoreThat's why this Festival was called the Bakefest. So we did canyons that had water in them, that would be cool. Thankfully, The Narrows opened up the week before we got there, so we could do Imlay, Mystery and other, classic, pretty wet canyons.
Read MoreOnto one of my favorites... Imlay Canyon. With the lowering of the Narrows, Imlay had just opened, and Tom Talboys's trip the day before was probably the first of the season. An early rise and...
Read MoreWe had a little Tom's Canyon Festival down in Zions (ha ha), which, due to normal July temps, was known as the Bake Fest. It was somewhat hot
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Read MoreGot some pictures scanned - thought all y'alls might be interested in.
Read MoreAlways one of my favorites, I have not done Mystery for a couple of years due to the hassles of getting a permit. Rumors were that the Death Gully approach had become horrendous...
Read MoreThis was a four-photographer gig, with Chris Avery shooting the most square inches of film, Lin Alder shooting the most images, and… Well, we all get what we get. My best shots are below.
Read MoreWith the river up (Orderville out) and Jerry challenged by the technical stuff, we decided to hike the East Rim trail, from the East Entrance down Echo Canyon, as a consolation prize.
Read MoreNext day seemed like a good one for the MIGHTY Pine Creek. 'Spossed to be full of water... it was!!
Read MoreSelection of canyons "in-condition" was small, we decided to check out the purported route up Mount Majestic from the first raps in Behunin.
Read MoreDid a few things before blowing the knee: Took a bunch of kids down Birch Hollow, as a start...
Read MoreOn this occasion, we were descending Englestead with several southern Utah locals. Mark "Little Bear" Mallory had invited us down since he had a rope fixed for the first drop.
Read MoreBack down to Zion for another grand trip with the Big Crew. We had quite a posse heading into the Right Fork of North Creek, but decided to break into squads to check out various entries.
Read MoreWent down to Zion with the Boyz for a little Freeze Fest. Imlay Canyon in winter sounded like a good idea at the time.
Read MoreOnce in awhile, a guys’s gotta climb a few summits. Zion offers quite a variety of difficult-to-access peaks, and our chosen pinnacle this weekend was the mysterious Mountain of Mystery.
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