Eventually I dropped into a nifty side drainage to Lobo that I noticed on Google Earth. Easy going, trade side canyon, except for a 2 tiered waterfall. Near Lobo canyon there was a half grassy half sandy area that had plenty of prints, and I began to feel lucky I wasnt staying the night here. It appeared that I hit Lobo canyon at exactly the right time as it turned into a trade canyon watercourse. Most of the drops end up being 20ft small, but they dont look that way. I did the only rappel of 70ft cliffside to avoid one of these hehehe. A few swims and whatnot and the canyon ends into a pretty section of the West Fork of the SG river on the Redbox side of things. A short walk to Tumbler canyon, which was rather a letdown. It was 12:45 pm, elevation 2300 or so.
It was 2:00 pm by the time I reached the shortcut road, but it had been a slog for sure, with the only real use trail with 50 yards of the road. A river, a lot of which was in the shade, so time appeared to be 2 hours later. Then up the hellishly long Shortcut road, complete with its 3 downhill parts
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Supposedly this road is 3 miles long, guess I was walking rather slow.
Dawn on the crest
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Starting down the ridge to Lobo
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Twin Peaks West Ridge
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Lobo canyon down below
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254942/tr4.jpg)
Tracking alongside Lobo canyon
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254953/tr6.jpg)
Lobo watercourse
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254955/tr7.jpg)
canyon travel
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254957/tr8.jpg)
70ft rappel to avoid keeper pothole
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254959/tr9.jpg)
Flash flood remnants
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254963/tr11.jpg)
Last obstacle/swim
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West Fork near Tumbler canyon looking towards Cogswell
![Image](https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/gallery.myff.org/gallery/1254967/tr13.jpg)
Remembering Lobo
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