Christian
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Okay, so I have like 20 trips I haven't posted, or even really looked at the pics. So here's just a random one from late May of this year:
Three coworkers and I went to Lake Powell to see what could be seen with the relatively low water level (it was around 3595).
We put in at Bullfrog and then went up Hall's Bay and camped on a weird dome of rock in a side-canyon alcove.
![IMG_7258_2.jpg IMG_7258_2.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33400-8b058279dc60a83d9c29efc79b68703c.jpg)
There was a cool bird (anyone know what kind?) hanging out in the alcove.
![IMG_7244_2.jpg IMG_7244_2.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33399-c25d3569a6bf180c2c120ef2a4e636ca.jpg)
Sleeping on this dome was a little awkward, but there were some great sounds coming from a swallow's nest with babies and the mom getting food, she was flying in and out every 5 or so minutes with more food. Also, the Sacred Datura opened up at night and I'd never seen any in person, so that was cool.
![IMG_7281.jpg IMG_7281.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33401-6976db784e100d73f4285b91334632d5.jpg)
We woke up on day two and headed to the Escalante Arm to visit Cathedral in the Desert. I was there 3 years ago and we boated right over the cliff where the famous waterfall used to be. This time the top 10 feet of the waterfall had reemerged.
![IMG_7293.jpg IMG_7293.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33422-ee85e6e6188554e343e3f3356547dd26.jpg)
Also in 2012 the water had covered about 1200 more horizontal feet of canyon, which had since reappeared.
![DSC07241.jpg DSC07241.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33421-327df7725e7013aa70dd77bd6463fec5.jpg)
Same canyon corridor in 2015. The water in this shot is natural and flows in from Clear Creek.
![P1010128.jpg P1010128.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33408-4f10714565013c7750fdc83724bdd2fc.jpg)
Last time I was there, the water was high enough to help upclimb the second tier waterfall and visit the lower part of Clear Creek, but this time the climb was too high, slippery, and the rope was shredded.
![DSC07273.jpg DSC07273.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33423-20cc32a9c06399f85b78a9e87487e01c.jpg)
But on the upside, there is now a natural pool of water with some fish in it. (Not sure what kind? One kept biting me.)
![P1010121.jpg P1010121.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33406-ff9625537113eb5b4b912a5a352884cc.jpg)
![P1010099.jpg P1010099.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33405-0463640e0ecb776854e355893e9a03bf.jpg)
Last time we boated through this part:
![P1010124.jpg P1010124.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33407-74bfc11051578818cbea286beb042c62.jpg)
These plants are underwater now:
![P1010133.jpg P1010133.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33409-c4843507b26dd20ad83cf01f07429526.jpg)
Next, we went up Anasazi Canyon to find the Lehi bridges. The canyon is very cool, it's narrow with lots of forks.
![P1010146.jpg P1010146.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33410-50608d898d8f629ffb9f4e33c8e99870.jpg)
![P1010178.jpg P1010178.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33424-adda55015a59f21f911829cc942b1235.jpg)
The bridges are probably mostly underwater now, due to the recent 25 foot rise of the lake. There is a slot canyon pour off just above them, and a lot of silt piled under the bridges from all the flash floods.
I wonder what it's like if you get up this:
![P1010157.jpg P1010157.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33412-afa319ed810525807807f24e47cb7a9a.jpg)
On the way back to camp we stopped in this weird cove place, it was very big:
![IMG_9284.jpg IMG_9284.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33427-5e38e73fba20a21f03385ce33c44b01f.jpg)
It's back to the rock in halls bay to camp again. The water had clearly risen since the day before.
![IMG_7290.jpg IMG_7290.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33402-bc645ffad956bfdf0abe36eee6c6ccbf.jpg)
On the third day we went to Defiance House (I've been before).
![Defiance House Interior.jpg Defiance House Interior.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33398-e9854e5f004d36cd0a41a98817e2387d.jpg)
There were a lot of tiny frogs and tadpoles below the ruin:
![IMG_7414.jpg IMG_7414.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33403-804e9fafd17b274122565020046188c6.jpg)
After this we cruised up the north fork of Forgotten Canyon. There was a recently revealed slot canyon at the top of this fork.
![P1010187.jpg P1010187.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33414-5f8710400b293d6cc64fa2575fbeba4a.jpg)
We swam in and eventually came to a narrow opening with an up climb. There was no obvious way in because it was a narrow, sloping opening, up out of the water with no handholds.
![P1010192.jpg P1010192.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33415-211d4c32474eae02bc0ae4906d372233.jpg)
![P1010197.jpg P1010197.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33416-63ae30a0eb4170328712929425b87764.jpg)
First we tried chimneying, but the walls were too wide.
![P1010200.jpg P1010200.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33417-47840b20d2ba6a2288798c098e2d74b5.jpg)
Then, Mike tied some rope to a piece of driftwood, to use like a potshot. I threw it up into the narrow canyon, and pulled myself up. Then I got the rope even better positioned, and helped the other three in.
![P1010225.jpg P1010225.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33419-751c4edd7eb959d6c2488552e35954b3.jpg)
This canyon is as beautiful as any slot, but now it is back underwater.
![P1010227.jpg P1010227.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33420-628c5d0181d1aaeddb032f30ffe73cf3.jpg)
The canyon is a flowing canyon, with ice cold, crystal clear water moving through it. There was a dead mouse in one of the pools, but I got in anyway to look up canyon.
![P1010217.jpg P1010217.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33425-2a60f892118720e038767153f6321226.jpg)
It looked climbable, but I was the only one with a wetsuit and the water was incredibly cold, so we turned around and left.
As the sun got lower in the sky we went and looked at the upside down dinosaur prints 300 feet up tapestry wall.
![IMG_7432.jpg IMG_7432.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33426-adbb111fc35040a166447898dd2d7c55.jpg)
We did a last round of wake boarding, and then finally said goodbye to the Glen Canyon National Wrecked Area. It was a great weekend.
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![slide.jpg slide.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33447-69e8af2c4ddbbdf447790c856f6493f6.jpg)
Three coworkers and I went to Lake Powell to see what could be seen with the relatively low water level (it was around 3595).
We put in at Bullfrog and then went up Hall's Bay and camped on a weird dome of rock in a side-canyon alcove.
![IMG_7258_2.jpg IMG_7258_2.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33400-8b058279dc60a83d9c29efc79b68703c.jpg)
There was a cool bird (anyone know what kind?) hanging out in the alcove.
![IMG_7244_2.jpg IMG_7244_2.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33399-c25d3569a6bf180c2c120ef2a4e636ca.jpg)
Sleeping on this dome was a little awkward, but there were some great sounds coming from a swallow's nest with babies and the mom getting food, she was flying in and out every 5 or so minutes with more food. Also, the Sacred Datura opened up at night and I'd never seen any in person, so that was cool.
![IMG_7281.jpg IMG_7281.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33401-6976db784e100d73f4285b91334632d5.jpg)
We woke up on day two and headed to the Escalante Arm to visit Cathedral in the Desert. I was there 3 years ago and we boated right over the cliff where the famous waterfall used to be. This time the top 10 feet of the waterfall had reemerged.
![IMG_7293.jpg IMG_7293.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33422-ee85e6e6188554e343e3f3356547dd26.jpg)
Also in 2012 the water had covered about 1200 more horizontal feet of canyon, which had since reappeared.
![DSC07241.jpg DSC07241.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33421-327df7725e7013aa70dd77bd6463fec5.jpg)
Same canyon corridor in 2015. The water in this shot is natural and flows in from Clear Creek.
![P1010128.jpg P1010128.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33408-4f10714565013c7750fdc83724bdd2fc.jpg)
Last time I was there, the water was high enough to help upclimb the second tier waterfall and visit the lower part of Clear Creek, but this time the climb was too high, slippery, and the rope was shredded.
![DSC07273.jpg DSC07273.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33423-20cc32a9c06399f85b78a9e87487e01c.jpg)
But on the upside, there is now a natural pool of water with some fish in it. (Not sure what kind? One kept biting me.)
![P1010121.jpg P1010121.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33406-ff9625537113eb5b4b912a5a352884cc.jpg)
![P1010081.jpg P1010081.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33404-b52c37ac067f271654f0cd24cbd5dd38.jpg)
![P1010099.jpg P1010099.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33405-0463640e0ecb776854e355893e9a03bf.jpg)
Last time we boated through this part:
![P1010124.jpg P1010124.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33407-74bfc11051578818cbea286beb042c62.jpg)
These plants are underwater now:
![P1010133.jpg P1010133.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33409-c4843507b26dd20ad83cf01f07429526.jpg)
Next, we went up Anasazi Canyon to find the Lehi bridges. The canyon is very cool, it's narrow with lots of forks.
![P1010146.jpg P1010146.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33410-50608d898d8f629ffb9f4e33c8e99870.jpg)
![P1010154.jpg P1010154.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33411-41c292b4bbfb950c43ba82a6fbc0236a.jpg)
![P1010178.jpg P1010178.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33424-adda55015a59f21f911829cc942b1235.jpg)
The bridges are probably mostly underwater now, due to the recent 25 foot rise of the lake. There is a slot canyon pour off just above them, and a lot of silt piled under the bridges from all the flash floods.
I wonder what it's like if you get up this:
![P1010157.jpg P1010157.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33412-afa319ed810525807807f24e47cb7a9a.jpg)
On the way back to camp we stopped in this weird cove place, it was very big:
![IMG_9284.jpg IMG_9284.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33427-5e38e73fba20a21f03385ce33c44b01f.jpg)
It's back to the rock in halls bay to camp again. The water had clearly risen since the day before.
![IMG_7290.jpg IMG_7290.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33402-bc645ffad956bfdf0abe36eee6c6ccbf.jpg)
On the third day we went to Defiance House (I've been before).
![Defiance House Interior.jpg Defiance House Interior.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33398-e9854e5f004d36cd0a41a98817e2387d.jpg)
There were a lot of tiny frogs and tadpoles below the ruin:
![IMG_7414.jpg IMG_7414.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33403-804e9fafd17b274122565020046188c6.jpg)
After this we cruised up the north fork of Forgotten Canyon. There was a recently revealed slot canyon at the top of this fork.
![P1010187.jpg P1010187.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33414-5f8710400b293d6cc64fa2575fbeba4a.jpg)
We swam in and eventually came to a narrow opening with an up climb. There was no obvious way in because it was a narrow, sloping opening, up out of the water with no handholds.
![P1010192.jpg P1010192.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33415-211d4c32474eae02bc0ae4906d372233.jpg)
![P1010197.jpg P1010197.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33416-63ae30a0eb4170328712929425b87764.jpg)
First we tried chimneying, but the walls were too wide.
![P1010200.jpg P1010200.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33417-47840b20d2ba6a2288798c098e2d74b5.jpg)
Then, Mike tied some rope to a piece of driftwood, to use like a potshot. I threw it up into the narrow canyon, and pulled myself up. Then I got the rope even better positioned, and helped the other three in.
![P1010225.jpg P1010225.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33419-751c4edd7eb959d6c2488552e35954b3.jpg)
This canyon is as beautiful as any slot, but now it is back underwater.
![P1010207.jpg P1010207.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33418-e4506437571fc0ee61a0009206dd42bf.jpg)
![P1010227.jpg P1010227.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33420-628c5d0181d1aaeddb032f30ffe73cf3.jpg)
The canyon is a flowing canyon, with ice cold, crystal clear water moving through it. There was a dead mouse in one of the pools, but I got in anyway to look up canyon.
![P1010217.jpg P1010217.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33425-2a60f892118720e038767153f6321226.jpg)
It looked climbable, but I was the only one with a wetsuit and the water was incredibly cold, so we turned around and left.
As the sun got lower in the sky we went and looked at the upside down dinosaur prints 300 feet up tapestry wall.
![IMG_7432.jpg IMG_7432.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33426-adbb111fc35040a166447898dd2d7c55.jpg)
We did a last round of wake boarding, and then finally said goodbye to the Glen Canyon National Wrecked Area. It was a great weekend.
Featured image for home page:
![slide.jpg slide.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/33/33447-69e8af2c4ddbbdf447790c856f6493f6.jpg)
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