Light at the End of the Tunnel

Light bounces off each wall differently near the confluence of Wire Pass and Buckskin Gulch.

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Cobble Dam

Some places in Buckskin Gulch the cobble piles up during floods and dams up the water flowing through. It's cold and murky but you just have to wade through if you are going to pass on.

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Outside the Slot Canyon

Seeing the entrance to a slot canyon makes the mystery of their formation very little clearer.

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Keyhole Passage

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Cobble and Log

The canyon opens up here into a small chamber that collects the cobble that rushes through a slot canyon during a flash flood.

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Datura Seed and Leaves

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Straightline Slot

The crack visible on the wall ahead gives clues as to why this section of the slot canyon has walls that are nearly straight for 30 or 40 feet.

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