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... from a hiking weekend in the Marble Canyon area (Page 1)
While most people enjoy the beauty of northern Arizona during the warmer months, a group of four Ramblers headed north in January to visit a usually less visited part of the Grand Canyon National Park: Marble Canyon. Here we spent three days hiking and camping in temperatures which were hardly above freezing even during daytime ...
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) On the first evening, we visited Cathedral Wash which is located north of the Navajo Bridge. Here is a view from our parking spot ... |
) ... and here one from somewhere inside the canyon. |
) Erosion patterns at the canyon wall. |
) One obstacle to climb around in Cathedral Wash. |
) A view from the other side which reveals the grinding forces of erosion. |
) Reflections in a water hole in Cathedral Wash. |
) The mouth of Cathedral Wash at the Colorado River. |
) Sunset at the Grand Staircase. |
) Our campsite at the edge of Marble Canyon. |
) Typical scenery in the south fork of Soap Creek Canyon. |
) The frozen ground of Soap Creek. |
) We had to manage this 10-feet high drop-off on our way downstream. |
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