Sundance Canyon

Location Description

65 photos

Another shot of mommy hummingbird. I assume she did not...
Meredith hikes down into the Sundance Canyon drainage:...
Andy, as usual, snapping a picture, while I do the same...
Monica scrambles over a log in our path, while Andy,...
Andy jumps over a small pothole in upper Sundance...
Mike, downclimbing a log in Sundance Canyon.
Andy holds out a hand to help Meredith cross a puddle of...
Andy tries a stemming technique to get across a pool of...
Perhaps a full body bridge would work better?
Fail. Andy gets his feet wet. Meredith, being shorter...
Walking on a log jam. Andy, Monica (center) and Mike...
We find the first rappel station. Also, there is a...
Monica on the first rappel into Sundance Canyon.
Moments before disaster.... (I think I must have snapped...
Meredith and Andy wade through another pot of frog soup....
This log was so precariously balanced. Also Meredith...
Mike, just hanging out on a log.
Oh, wait, this was the precariously leaning log.
Mike, hanging out waiting to see if the next pool is a...
It's starting to a look a bit deep! (Meredith)
Monica in her super suit.
At this point, Monica and I had donned our wetsuits...
Meredith downclimbs into a narrow slot filled with dark...
Monica, getting ready for a swim at the bottom of the...
Into the abyss! (Monica sliding down into the water.)
While everyone else put their wet suits on, Monica and I...
Monica leads the second rappel in Sundance Canyon. We...
Meredith, trying to keep her hands (which don't have...
Andy, starting the second rappel.
Andy, about to drop into the water.
Joel on rappel.
Joel, swimming in the pothole.
Mike on rappel.
Mike swimming out of the pothole. We were lucky that...
Meredith, just after getting out of the pothole.
Monica, still having a good time.
Proof that John was on this trip: one token picture. ...
Andy on the second to last rappel, which involved going...
Meredith, waiting her turn to rappel.
Monica, waiting for the second to last rappel. We were...
Monica watches Meredith rappel.
Monica rappels into the next series of potholes.
Having swum across the first pothole, Monica scampers up...
Monica, about to start the second stage of the rappel.
Mike, Joel and Andy carefully inspect the rigging of our...
Joel and Mike discuss tying our pull cord to the rope,...
Monica and Meredith, waiting their turn at the top of...
Meredith, starting the 170 foot rappel. The reason the...
Monica, starting the 170 foot rappel.
Monica starts working down the upper section of the...
Joel lays out in the sun at the bottom of the 170 foot...
Joel, still laying out in the sun. Looks like Monica's...
Joel pulls 200+ feet of rope through the anchor with the...
Mike (front) and Andy (rear) inspect a double-pronged...
Meredith and Monica boulder-hop downstream in West Clear Creek.
Joel, makes himself an audience for Andy's testing of...
Mike clears out of the way for Andy's dive. (Andy is in...
Andy slowly shuffles out onto the super bouncy...
Andy moves into position to take the plunge into a small...
High dive! Mike, taking aim.
Geronimo! (Mike. John's head at right.)
Meredith skips a rock while the rest of us laze about on...
Meredith skipping a rock.
Joel, getting ready to skip a rock.
Andy, Mike and Meredith watching the sunset from the...