Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Slot Canyon

 

We spent a good part of our Christmas day hiking a slot canyon that  is off part of the highway 78. We entered the slot from Borrego Mountain Wash. Skip and I hiked part of the slot  in 2010, but we had entered from the other end.

On top of Borrego Mountain Drop Off

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Looking down on Borrego Mountain Wash

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The Slot Canyon

 

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Nicole is going to catch it.

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The slot gets pretty narrow

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The slot canyons are formed by erosion of both water and wind, must have been a big wind to move these rocks.

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A really amazing canyon.

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About of a third of a mile the other way  are the Borrego Mountain Wind Caves, which are  one pretty cool, not as big as the ones at Split Mountain  but fun to climb

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Even John and Nicole’s dog Nibs had a good climb

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And what a view from the top.

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Our cars are across the wash on top of the Borrego Mountain Drop Off, it was quite a climb back up after a long hike.

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The weather has not been very good the last few days, we have had some really windy days, and the nights have been really cold. We would move on but the weather seems to be the same everywhere right now, and there are a few more hikes we want to do here.

 

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Sophie has to be really close, so that the second Louie lets go of the bone, she can grab it and run. She has her own but naturally his is better for some reason.

 

Jean

4 comments:

  1. looks like you had a great day exploring Slot Canyon! thanks for sharing your hike with all of us!

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  2. That is a great slot canyon hike & I remember sitting atop that wind cave area eating our lunch years ago. Too bad about the winds & cold temps. Our nights are cold here in Congress but this area doesn't seem to be susceptible to the usual big winds we have been so familiar with in the southwest. A couple breezy mornings & that's about it.

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  3. have no idea where those are, but I don't think they look safe.. and after that movie of the man that cut his arm off, sure wouldn't like to be there.

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  4. What a terrific hike...great scenery.
    Windy up here too. Don't you miss the rain??? Awww, dear Sophie & Louie...nothing like a good bone!

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