Idaho Exposure

Hiking, Climbing, Backpacking, Snowshoeing, Backcountry Skiing. Photos by Thomas Oetzell; idahoexposure.com


Most viewed - Buckskin Gulch, Paria Canyon, March 24, 2014
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IMG_4335.JPG12 viewsThis tunnel appears to lead deep into the canyon wall, but in realitiy is only a few feet long. The striations seemed as if carved precisely by a machine. At the base of the wall on the right is some of the dried, curled top layer of mud, that resembles shaved chocolate.
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IMG_4342.JPG12 viewsJust downstream there is another narrow spot with a low ceiling. A rusting steel barrel is jammed in the crack above.
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IMG_4148.JPG11 viewsHikers have placed rocks which are used as stepping stones over the muddy standing water.
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IMG_4162.JPG11 viewsA log, like an icicle, hangs from above.
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IMG_4284.JPG11 viewsAnother hole high on the canyon wall that may have been carved by a boulder circled about by flowing water.
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