
Hiking along a sandy road for a bit to reach the head of Blushing Bride Canyon.

Blushing Bride Canyon's head. We didn't have a rope to rappel, and found a Class 2+ descent option to get below the rim by heading along the left rim.

Class 2+ descent option.

Heading down pretty slabs from the rim to get into the canyon.

The start of Blushing Bride Canyon.


Fun downclimbs.








Narrows of Blushing Bride Canyon end, and we continued into the brushy wash.

Continuing down the wash, we were able to avoid a fair amount of the foliage by keeping to the sandstone slabs on either side.

Side-trip to a pretty amphitheater.

Continuing down the wash from the amphitheater side-trip.


Within the main drainage for a while.

We stayed above the drainage for a bit. Here you'll see us on the wrong side. Keep to the west side of the watercourse.

A gross-looking pool within the watercourse. Rather than wade through this, we backtracked and got up on the west side of the canyon.

Along the west side of the canyon after avoiding the gross water section. We continued along the rim and descended into Lower Maidenwater Canyon.

We made a right and started up Lower Maidenwater Canyon.




Narrows and pretty section of Lower Maidenwater Canyon.




Lower Maidenwater Canyon, a pretty section of narrows that looked a bit like The Subway.



Some minor obstacles within Lower Maidenwater Canyon.



We avoided a dryfall by ascending this Class 2 scramble. Matt is seen ahead just before reaching the dryfall.

At a major junction as we neared the road, we took the right fork (apparently left fork is also viable) and continued up Lower Maidenwater Canyon.

Through a human-made tunnel. On the opposite side of the tunnel, we ascended up to the road, which is above us in this photo.

View down into Lower Maidenwater Canyon once we got to the road.
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