Good Canyon - 10/21

[mcphersonm80]

Finally made it up to Good Canyon. Sean does a better job than I could describing it in his report here, so just a short report and some pics to post. I don't really have anything to add to his report, his is a pretty spot-on description of the route.

We started lower, at one of the lowest switchbacks on the road just above Icehouse (the big one with a couple trash cans), dropped into San Antonio Canyon and headed upstream to enter Good Cyn. Pretty easy going through the streambed. One of the main reasons we started this low was to scout out the canyon to see if it would be possible to create a giant loop from Icehouse, over the Three T's, up to Baldy, down the Ski Hut, then down SA Canyon starting at the falls back to Icehouse, entirely avoiding the road walk. Definitely doable.

We really enjoyed Good Canyon. Lots of variety, several fun class 3 obstacles (and some class 4 if you want it), nice views out over the canyon to Ontario, wildlife, and absolutely no sign of humans other than the occasional *&$%ing Happy Birthday mylar balloons high up in the trees that I can't seem to escape no matter where I go.

Some photos:


San Antonio Creek



Talus Galore



Local Resident



Lots of Scrambly Stuff



Hellcat Wing



Patchy Northface



Late Day over San Antonio Canyon


A few more here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wattifoto/ ... 806210763/

[Sean]

Oh, wow, that's a nice Bighorn pic. Was there any water still streaming up higher in Good?

[mcphersonm80]

Oh, wow, that's a nice Bighorn pic. Was there any water still streaming up higher in Good?

It was flowing pretty well in a few spots, yeah. Probably first around 7000' or so, and then it was flowing really well up where the canyon splits, with the left branch going up towards the top of Big Horn Ridge and the right branch heading up to the saddle between Baldy and West. Really brushy in this section, too. There were also numerous decent sized snow patches up above 8000'.