Alley Canyon
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| | Difficulty:3A III (v3a1 III) Raps:4, max ↨100ft
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| Best season: | Oct-April
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36.7547, -117.6158
36.7493, -117.5850
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Introduction[edit]
Short canyon with a neat slotting section where the watercourse has carved a narrow alley between vertical layers of harder limestone.
This canyon is a good way to check out Corridor Canyon, which you rappel into, and is worth checking out on its own.
Approach[edit]
Walk down the gully. Go through the first set of narrows, then head right where it opens into a wash, ascending a gully up and over a pass, then head left to get into the drainage.
Descent[edit]
Two straight forward rappels (we used knot chocks on 1 ~30ft, bushes on 2 ~70ft), then the canyon turns into the alley. Watch for loose rocks as you descend. The end of this gets steeper, and is possibly down climbable, but we rigged a short rappel (3) off of knot chocks. Rappel 4 is 100ft from a convenient pinch.
Exit[edit]
Just below the last rappel is a large pile of boulders. For a detour, instead of scrambling down, turn right to climb up and over above the dryfall of the canyon you're dropping into. This is worth taking a hike up for a ways.
Then walk downstream to the confluence with Corridor Canyon, also worth walking downstream a bit to explore.
When you head up Corridor Canyon, you'll encounter one notable climb, then eventually came back to the first narrows where you originally left the wash.