Y'all missed out on a fun excursion this morning. We ran Box Canyon, south to north, followed by Martinez Canyon out till the road was closed. We then walked the last half mile or so to the cabins. It really is a shame that the canyon was closed to vehicular traffic. It is absolutely gorgeous down there. The rocks are jagged and blood red. Very cool. Finally after Martinez, we took a look at the beginning of Lower Ajax... That there is some scary rock crawling in the wash... I hear Upper Ajax is even worse. Anyway, I'll post some pics once I get them uploaded to photobucket.
a few photos as promised...
Into the box... everyone knows this one...
A little flex on the way to Martinez Canyon.
A neat old corral on the way
The end of the road about a mile before the cabins. Unfortunately, the most technical areas of the trail are now unaccessible by vehicle.
So we hiked the last mile to the cabins. If we would have hiked further, we could have gotten to the mill, but it was too damn hot. Maybe this winter.
The canyon views back there are amazing... and there is a spring that was running, though not for very far before it went underground..
Finally, coming back out on Mineral mountain... My buddy in his FJ crawls over the waterfall.
Full album is available here:
http://s1065.photobucket.com/user/cf_coder/library/Box Canyon-Martinez Canyon August 29th 2015
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