Re: West Grapevine canyons
Posted by Tim Waag on January 14, 2004 at 15:40:38:
In Reply to: West Grapevine canyons posted by Cliff on January 13, 2004 at 18:48:58:
Cliff, I've never done the hikes that you describe. However, I have hiked Fall Canyon, which is awesome. I'm an explorer type (sounds like you are too) and there appear from the topos to be 2 major canyons in the vicinity you describe: the most interesting one, topographically, is the one closest to Red Wall Canyon (note that a 4x4 road approaches the top of the canyon from Nevada - Phinney Canyon road - at an altitude of around 8,000 feet. There is also one major canyon parallel and further west of this one. The problem with these 2 canyons is that you have a long, long walk on the alluvial fan before getting to anything interesting (ie, the mouth of the canyon). Also, my topos show no springs in those canyons. Perhaps a better topo would show more detail & info. I'm estimating that its about 4 to 5 miles from the road to the canyon mouth. That means 8 to 10 miles of pounding across the rocks and sand of the fans - I've done plenty of that! good luck and let us now what you find! Maybe someday my map will read *Cliff Canyon* someday!