Happy Canyon (Panamint Range West)
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| | Difficulty:2B IV (v1a2 IV) Raps:0
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| Best season: | Nov-Mar (avg for this region)
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36.0743, -117.1060
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Introduction
A beautiful walk-through canyon with many springs, waterfalls and very dense vegetation for a Death Valley canyon. But extremely difficult due to the intense bushwhacking required to get through it - and canyon walls that don't allow easy bypass opportunities to get around the bushes, thorns, vines and marshes. But worth checking out for the adventurous minded. And many old mining ruins to see when the miners came to the area decades ago - nature has taken it back now. Found a recent marijuana grow patch and cache of gear & tools in there. Appears that a flash-flood partially wrecked the operation in there.
And this canyon has been used to access other side canyons exploration in the area.
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Trip dated 3-16-19:
https://www.facebook.com/scott.swaney/media_set?set=a.10157164029322930&type=3