Diablo & Mud Palisades 12/20/2021
Our complete group that we are starting up with.
Need to cross couple canyons first. Wit is already doing it his easy way (around).
Climbing up to the ridge.
Canyons here are mostly unforgiving, when you get in it is hard to get out.
First stop is: Diablo. Register starts in 1992.
Devil Himself is welcoming us.
John is getting up.
Picture on Diablo before we will separate. John and Beth are going down to look for some section markers.
Looks like they found some since John is all excited. Photo by Beth.
We dropped down into Sandstone Canyon.
Where Wit is waiting for us. We used to climb out and over it right here.
Instead we are continuing down.
Watch above. Big boulder.
Bizarre Canyons.
Looks inviting.
Steep walls.
Switching into another canyon.
This one is also interesting.
Cool!
There is that boulder from the other side.
After lunch Wit is retracing his steps back. We are exploring different canyons to see how sharp that agave is.
Canyon ended so we are climbing up. Amazing Hersch.
Susan and John.
Another steep drop into the other canyon. Steve is already down.
Mountain that was eaten by the weather or maybe by Big Diablo?
Found Wit, he is waiting up there for us.
In June Wash, Wit is leading.
Another ridge crossing.
That was fun.
Our party with lot of potato chips.
Hike Rating: Difficulty: 3.5 Technical: 3.8 Scenic: 4 El. 1700'