
Starting down the Winter Cabin Trail.


Approaching the Winter Cabin.

Inside Winter Cabin.

Continuing along the Winter Cabin, headed southwest.


Winter Cabin Trail leaves the forest and enters shrublands.

Looking back the way we came.


Quick detour to Ott Lake.

Ott Lake.

Back on the Winter Cabin, headed south.

Approaching the junction where we'd leave the trail and turn left.

Junction - we will come back up from the right later.

Bushwhacking through a gully.


Within Winter Cabin Canyon.




Optional rappel - we set up a handline.

Winter Cabin Canyon begins to get more narrow and vegetated.

Another optional rappel - we used another handline.


Down climb.

Winter Cabin Canyon gets deeper, more trees within.


Particularly pretty section of Winter Cabin Canyon.




The 30-foot rappel.

Looking back up the 30-foot rappel.

Some really great scenery after the rappel, the walls becoming taller.







I took a ton of photos in this section. I really liked the green against red walls. It was a comforting canyon.



Eventually Winter Cabin Canyon opens up and meets with Sycamore Canyon.

Looking south down Sycamore Canyon.

Looking north up Sycamore Canyon.

Looking back the way we came, Winter Cabin Canyon on the right. The trail is marked with an old wooden marker, and heads left.

Back along the Winter Cabin Trail, looking south into Sycamore Canyon.

Looking back along the Winter Cabin Trail.


Winter Cabin Trail, Winter Cabin Canyon on the right.



Close-up down into Winter Cabin Canyon.

Eventually Winter Cabin Trail meets back up with where we left it earlier in the day.
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