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Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
View from the parking lot of the entrance of the trailhead.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
The main gorge.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Arrows mark the entrance of the Ladder Canyon Hike.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
An orange post marks the entrance if arrows have been washed out
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Hiking the Ladder Canyon Trail.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
There is some moderate bouldering at the beginning of the hike.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Five ladders exist on the trail, and you will notice how damaged they are from boulders coming down in flash floods.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Watch your step!
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
The sedimentary rock of the slot canyon gets torn away by rushing water.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Don't forget to look up.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Hiking the Ladder Canyon Trail.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Noon is the best time of day to hike this canyon; you'll have the most dramatic lighting from the overhead sun.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Not a place you wanna be if it starts raining.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
Hiking the Ladder Canyon Trail.
Dustin Sauer
Photo Date:
11/23/2017
The parking area.