
Starting from the Grapevine Canyon parking lot, heading east.

Looking back toward the trailhead from open desert before reaching Lower Grapevine Canyon.

Entering Lower Grapevine Canyon.

Lower Grapevine Canyon is mostly easily navigated, but there are a few areas that are overgrown with thorns and other plants, but nothing crazy.

At the first obstacle, the biggest one, looking down into the extremely inviting Lower Grapevine Canyon.


I added some webbing (which I later removed) on the left side of the dryfall on a chockstone to get down this 10-15 foot drop.



Lower Grapevine Canyon opens up a few times, but there always seem to be more narrows ahead.

Looking back up Lower Grapevine Canyon.




Approaching another obstacle.

Looking down at the dryfall obstacle. On the way back, I climbed up on the right side of this photo, but if you don't want to make that Class 3+ move, you can scramble up a gully before the dryfall and safely get down back into the canyon.

Higher up to the left of the dryfall, avoiding the drop by using a Class 2/3 scramble to get up and over and back into the canyon.

Looking back at the dryfall obstacle - you can see the way to avoid it is on the left.


Crazy canyon rocks.






An easy chockstone obstacle.









A hairpin turn toward the end of Lower Grapevine Canyon.


Final obstacle before the eastern trailhead (which no longer exists).There was an old rope set up here from before the road was closed to traffic - it's looking a little bit weathered.

Exiting Lower Grapevine Canyon.

Lower Grapevine Canyon opens up. I turned around here.
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