Hidden Canyon Nov 29 2013

[TommyBoy]

After freezing my butt off at Capitol Reef 2 week earlier I was expecting a very cold day. Luckily for our large group it turned out to be on the warmer end. The group met at the Canyon JCT at 0730 to drive up to the Many Pools TH. After about 2 hrs we reached the top.





After resting for a few minutes we made the short hike over to the head of Hidden Canyon



The canyon turned out to be different from what I had come to expect from typical Zion canyons. There weren't a lot of big rappels, but there was a lot of scrambling down boulders and some downclimbing through this canyon that looked like a giant cleaver had hacked a straight line into the earth.







The dead mtn goat was interesting though, I came down the drop turned around and there it was. It seemed to be recently dead as we could still see the disturbed dirt on the cliff face from where it fell. Also it hadn't started stinking yet which was nice for us.



Due to two in our group who were slower the canyon took us longer than expected, fortunately we were able to catch one of the last buses out of the canyon just as it was getting dark. The only real cause for worry was that there was one pool near the end that could not be stemmed over all the way and we had to get wet. For the taller ones we could stem past the deepest point and only got wet up to our waists, but one unfortunate soul went for a swim. I was ahead of the group though so I didn't get any pics. Aside from a little worry about buses it turned into a great day and we all made it out safe and sound.

[Sandstone Addiction]

Loved the TR Tom beautiful pics.

How many total in your group?

[2065toyota]

Loved the TR Tom beautiful pics.

How many total in your group?

is that a loaded question

[TommyBoy]

I'm gonna plead the fifth on that one. Let's just say that the permit was for 6.

[Taylor]

Haha, busted. That made me laugh.

[2065toyota]

[accadacca]

Great report, thanks for sharing.