got to do the lower portion of the maze yesterday out at red rocks. very nice. :2thumbs: was worried about weather earlier in the week as we had some nasty storms around. flooding and wrecks and shit all over teh road here in green valley. but it cleared up friday some and saturday was perfect.
we started at the icebox canyon th and took the "shortcut" up n out of it to summit icebox peak on the way in to lower maze
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once down in the maze it was fun fun fun
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at the final rap a party that started at the top caught up to us. for some reason i thought that was a funny canyon to see another party in. full pools everywhere. lots of water to play in. never got chilled myself, a littel cool in the shade at a couple spots after swimming, but no wetsuit necessary. mayeb a fleece in a drybag for thte colder natured.
the icebox peak route was a ton of fun. we were moving casual, but if you don't dawdle AS much this is still a 8-9 hour route casual paced, a very fun day. and you get to avoid the hassle of either a shuttle to, or hiking up, the rocky gap road.
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