
Starting along the Rattlesnake Creek Trail.


Some great views of the gorgeous Cedar Breaks eroded cliffs, just before descending.


The Rattlesnake Creek Trail heads through meadows and forest.

Pretty red cliffs in the distance.


Working down into the Rattlesnake Creek drainage.

The trail hugs Rattlesnake Creek drainage.

The trail then leaves the Rattlesnake Creek drainage and heads south over a ridge to get into the Ashdown Creek drainage.

The trail leads east, this is a view down into Ashdown Creek.

Heading west within Ashdown Creek, leaving the Rattlesnake Creek Trail.

Ashdown Creek soon begins to narrow.



A gorgeous grotto within Ashdwon Gorge.






Some amazing colors and cliff faces as we work our way down Ashdown Creek.


A monolith along the way, marking the junction with Rattlesnake Creek.

Starting up Rattlesnake Creek to visit some waterfalls, looking west toward the monolith.

More beautiful narrows within Rattlesnake Creek.



Another junction within Rattlesnake Creek, left leads to Lake Creek Waterfall, right to Rattlesnake Creek Waterfall.

More beautiful narrows on the way to Rattlesnake Creek Waterfall.


Rattlesnake Creek Waterfall.

Lake Creek Waterfall.

A grotto underneath Lake Creek Waterfall.

Back in Ashdown Gorge.







More narrows within Ashdown Gorge, nearing the mouth of the canyon.






Flanigan Arch above.

Looking back into the mouth of Ashdown Gorge.

Working down Coal Creek, you can see the road in the center, where we parked the second car.
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