Ross
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Route questions and an invite should anyone want to join 2 of us in Oct (9-12 hr hike apparently)
We ere going to hike to the White Wave. Kelsey's book describes the route going up Squirrel Creek, but he drops in a line you can go up Water Canyon too, which seems firstly shorter and secondly more scenic, so I don't know why he describes Squirrel Creek unless Water is difficult for hikers..
Is it relatatively easy to hike/scramble up - or perhaps down - Water Canyon towards White Wave bearing in mind I'm not a climber, hence not too happy with exposure and I don't use ropes?
And is the route-finding up/down Water Canyon fairly easy? (I wlll have GPS, compas sfor up on the top) Ideally I'd do a Water/Squirrel loop for different scenery, but if it's hard to pick the route sometimes it's better to go back the way you came, rather than searching out unfamiliar ways if it's a long day and light could become an issue.
And would either of these questions make a difference to difficulty and route-finding if I went up through Water Canyon for a clockwise loop or down through Water if I went anti-clockwise
We ere going to hike to the White Wave. Kelsey's book describes the route going up Squirrel Creek, but he drops in a line you can go up Water Canyon too, which seems firstly shorter and secondly more scenic, so I don't know why he describes Squirrel Creek unless Water is difficult for hikers..
Is it relatatively easy to hike/scramble up - or perhaps down - Water Canyon towards White Wave bearing in mind I'm not a climber, hence not too happy with exposure and I don't use ropes?
And is the route-finding up/down Water Canyon fairly easy? (I wlll have GPS, compas sfor up on the top) Ideally I'd do a Water/Squirrel loop for different scenery, but if it's hard to pick the route sometimes it's better to go back the way you came, rather than searching out unfamiliar ways if it's a long day and light could become an issue.
And would either of these questions make a difference to difficulty and route-finding if I went up through Water Canyon for a clockwise loop or down through Water if I went anti-clockwise