We did Baptist Draw and Upper Chute to Chute Junction Yesterday. It was our first time in said canyons but there was nothing notable condition-wise: no log jams, no major water, etc. We didn’t even get our feet wet.
I think the roads into the cowboy camp would be passable for a 2WD car, but it’d be close. Shovel or mountain bike would be a good idea.
We removed about 20ft of tattered webbing from the rappel in lower Chute, but I forgot to grab it before heading down. If anyone sees it, please pack it out.
Also of some interest, it appears a party spent the night at the Baptist/Chute junction – they wrote in charcoal on the walls “bad mud up canyon, turn around now, etc.” We had no real mud problems to deal with.
TomJones
Thanks for the report.
Tom
— In Yahoo Canyons Group, “johnbraun” wrote:
We did Baptist Draw and Upper Chute to Chute Junction Yesterday. It was our first time in said canyons but there was nothing notable condition-wise: no log jams, no major water, etc. We didn’t even get our feet wet.
I think the roads into the cowboy camp would be passable for a 2WD car, but it’d be close. Shovel or mountain bike would be a good idea.
We removed about 20ft of tattered webbing from the rappel in lower Chute, but I forgot to grab it before heading down. If anyone sees it, please pack it out.
Also of some interest, it appears a party spent the night at the Baptist/Chute junction – they wrote in charcoal on the walls “bad mud up canyon, turn around now, etc.” We had no real mud problems to deal with. >