
Despite how it appears in this photo, the dirt road is absolutely awful in spots. I recommend just parking shortly after leaving the main road marked 288.

Entering the Parker Canyon from a side drainage.

Entering Parker Canyon.

We passed the dam that determines water flow. Not much today, oh well.

Continuing down Parker Canyon.

Incredibly colorful walls in Parker Canyon.


Short drop into a narrow section.


A handline or rappel. There are a bunch of obstacles like this for the first bit of Parker Canyon.

Looking back at a handline/rappel.







Looking back toward one of the few short rappels.


Final rappel before a long walk through the gorgeous watercourse.






Sorry for so many photos. We all took our time taking it in. Absolutely stunning colors and pinnacles.









Another rappel.


Very pretty colors on this one.

Looking back toward the pretty rappel.


A little more watercourse hiking led us to the final rappel.

Final rappel on the right. The gully escape route we would use is visible top center.

Looking back at the last rappel.

Close-up of the last rappel.

Heading up the gully escape route, which was less bad than expected.

Looking back toward Parker Canyon's last rappel and watercourse as we ascend the escape gully.

Class 2/3.

Looking back as we ascend.

A social trail leads most of the way up, but expect some scrambling and bushwhacking. Pictured here is a section of scree.


At the top of the escape gully, looking into one of the many fingers of Parker Canyon.

Another shot from the rim of our escape gully.

Cross-country or on animal trails to get back to the dirt road.

We followed the dirt road back to our cars.

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