Monday, September 26, 2011

Escalante Slots

We spent most of today down Hole-in-the-Rock Road. We turned off onto a very rutted road (thank goodness for 4-wheel drive rental cars) to Dry Fork and some slot canyons. These are some views as we headed down the path to the bottom where the slots begin. We first investigated Peek-a-boo slot, but as we had feared, we couldn't get in. Here is W at the bottom of the 12 foot wall that must be climbed to get into the slot. W got up part way but there is no way I could have, so we gave up and headed for Spooky slot. As advertised, it was very tight in places. Knowing we had to go back the way we came, we stopped at the point where we would have had to climb up, and headed back out instead. We climbed up above the slot to explore and then walked to Dry Fork.It does not qualify as a slot, we are told (not narrow enough I guess), but it was very neat. We were too tired at this point to explore very far, but it goes on for miles.

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