
Starting along the Little Death Hollow Trail.

Our ascent weakness located on the left side of the protruding cliff in this photo. We left the Little Death Hollow Trail to get there.

Looking back down the gully.

Along the top of Big Bown Bench.

Yep, lots of this for a while.

Entering Bown Star Canyon (Left Fork).


Photo by Shawn of me complaining about the cold, typical.

Some short wet section, nothing more than waist deep.


First rappel.

Second rappel, around a boulder. Solid enough.

Looking down at rap 3 from top of Rap 2. see TR above for the mishap we encountered where Shawn is standing.

Looking back up at Rap 3 as I start down Rap 4. We couldn't locate an anchor, and so decided to just use the same anchor as Rap 3.

Looking down Rap 4 into a small chamber. Right Fork of Bown Star Canyon comes in on the left of Shawn.

Continuing out of the chamber after Rap 4.

Rap 5, a small arch visible in the center.

Looking back at Rap 5.

Continuing out of Bown Star Canyon.

Curved walls as we exit Bown Star Canyon.


Our optional Class 4 ascent schortcut.

Starting down Bown Eye Canyon.


Lots of little obstacles like this.

And some minor rappels.

Shawn avoiding a pool by stemming high.

Another minor rappel. The first few are all very short.




Abrupt start to some pretty narrows!





And then all too quickly the narrows opened up.

Short waist-deep pool.

Looking back at the pool at the end of Bown Eye Canyon.

Continuing down Bown Bottom Canyon.

Interesting narrows within Bown Bottom Canyon.


Bown Bottom Canyon. Nothing technical. We exited shortly after the end of the narrows, heading back along Big Bown Bench to return.
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