Kanarra Creek
Jacqueline and I took an evening hike out to Kanarra Creek. I happened to miss the exit on the drive, which made it a bit longer, but it is only about half an hour from our house. We heard there were some solid narrows up in that joint, so we wanted to have a look. We parked near the water tower to avoid the crowds and they were out in force. ATV's, groups, everyone seemed to want to go to Kanarra Creek on this day. We got a bit of distance away from some groups when getting past the trailhead, but there seemed to always be more to run into along the way. The canyon was all ripped up to from overuse. It really made me believe in group size limits in the Subway and Narrows in Zion to keep from having the kind of impact seen here. Getting to the first Narrows, though, we co
uld see why everyone came here. It was sweet. Around the corner it was just water and rock with a lot more water than I thought would be in there.
Then we got to the waterfall where there was a nice ladder put up for us to climb up. Jacqueline led the charge and she did a great job on a not altogether well crafted piece of climbing equipment. Soon I was up and over also and we continued up the canyon. It stayed very narrow from here on out with some small waterfalls and more people. A whole family were swimming in a section of the canyon that we kind of wanted to enjoy. So we just kept going and ended up running into another waterfall. I heard that this was about the end of the narrows and the ladder up this one did not seem particularly enjoyable, so we decided that this would be a good place to call it good.
We took some photos and took the journey back down the canyon. We were lucky because the swimming family was gone, so we got to enjoy the spot with the multiple little waterfalls.
We took some photos and picked up the previous groups trash, headed down the canyon, and immediately ran into a group of eighteen. I'm sorry, but this is not wilderness when you can run into a group of that size. Urgh, it made me so frustrated. Luckily, we missed them for the climb down the ladder, which I led the charge on this time around, so as to be able to spot Jacqueline in case her small frame missed the next long step. We enjoyed the beauty of the canyon as we exited the narrow part, I just wish it was tucked away into a remote corner of Southern Utah instead of ten minutes from the freeway.
uld see why everyone came here. It was sweet. Around the corner it was just water and rock with a lot more water than I thought would be in there.
Then we got to the waterfall where there was a nice ladder put up for us to climb up. Jacqueline led the charge and she did a great job on a not altogether well crafted piece of climbing equipment. Soon I was up and over also and we continued up the canyon. It stayed very narrow from here on out with some small waterfalls and more people. A whole family were swimming in a section of the canyon that we kind of wanted to enjoy. So we just kept going and ended up running into another waterfall. I heard that this was about the end of the narrows and the ladder up this one did not seem particularly enjoyable, so we decided that this would be a good place to call it good.
We took some photos and took the journey back down the canyon. We were lucky because the swimming family was gone, so we got to enjoy the spot with the multiple little waterfalls.
We took some photos and picked up the previous groups trash, headed down the canyon, and immediately ran into a group of eighteen. I'm sorry, but this is not wilderness when you can run into a group of that size. Urgh, it made me so frustrated. Luckily, we missed them for the climb down the ladder, which I led the charge on this time around, so as to be able to spot Jacqueline in case her small frame missed the next long step. We enjoyed the beauty of the canyon as we exited the narrow part, I just wish it was tucked away into a remote corner of Southern Utah instead of ten minutes from the freeway.
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