Rough canyon is a very pretty narrow canyon with high red sandstone walls. Because the walls are so steep, direct sunlight rarely reaches the bottom, so water presists long after a storm. This helps the trees grow unexpectely large fo the desert.
Rough canyon is a very pretty narrow canyon with high red sandstone walls. Because the walls are so steep, direct sunlight rarely reaches the bottom, so water presists long after a storm. This helps the trees grow unexpectely large fo the desert.
A small side drainage has a slot-canyon formation.
On our way back up the Tabaguache trail at the end of the hike, we spotted this side canyon to explore the next weekend.
Another view of the side canyon.
On the second weekend, we hiked up out of Rough Canyon in drizzle, then descended into the side canyon in a downpour.
This side canyon had some narrow passages.
Nancy descending one of the narrow passages.
Bellow that passage was a pretty boxed-in area.
I don't know how often that waterfall flows, but it was pretty right after the downpour we had slogged through earlier.
We got drenched on the hike, and our dripping wet pants were covered in red mud. Great fun.
On our way back down Little Park Road, we were treated with golden light on the Bookcliffs.