For our second day of the Marble Canyon Fest organized by Todd Martin, Arizona Aaron and Rich Rudow, we headed down highway 89A to Seven Mile Draw, a north side Marble Canyon drainage located just a ways down from the Navajo bridge. Rich Rudow had recommended this canyon to us the day before.
The canyon starts like Badger; shallow and gradually descends thru the sandstone and limestone walls. There is one 70 foot rappel in the canyon. From the rappel it is a beautiful stroll thru the narrows down to the Colorado River. We took another long lounge at rivers edge, the calm waters flow and warming sun enticing us to linger as long as possible.
As with Badger, one way to do this canyon is to leave a rope and ascend back up the canyon. Again we decided to do the loop version which required a quarter mile down river hike, a climb up a debris slope, a boulder strewn ridge hop, an up-climb past a pour off and final climb of the side-drainage. This exit does not quite have the
