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After dropping off the road, I made an immediate left turn and followed the man-made channel southward for 450 feet, ignoring graffiti and dodging trash along the way.
Then a right turn took me into the main course of Dry Lake Canyon. More unpleasantness had to be endured.
The paintings stopped fairly quickly, but I found a little garbage throughout, attributable to litterbugs who visit the waterfalls--and also the canyon's obvious popularity with guerrilla farmers.
But enough of the bad, let's get to the good.
Post-storm, this little corner of nature smelled and looked amazing. Water flowed in much of the narrow canyon. Moss and ferns covered boulders and walls.
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Slick logs and shallow pools blocked the path.
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About 0.8 miles from the car, I came to a three-way split around elevation 3560'.
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I kept to the right, staying in the main branch. Less than a quarter-mile further, around elevation 3800', the canyon banks leftward into the first waterfall, a charming two-tiered obstacle with a challenging, loose bypass on the right.
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The class 2/3 scramble can be made easier by using the rubber hose dangling from a tree, which I failed to notice during the ascent and only utilized on the way down.
After unintentionally contributing some rockfall to the streambed, I scrambled onto the platform above the first tier and looked down.
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Directly behind me was the second tier.
To the right of the water some rock offered a fairly easy climb with fairly stable steps.
Just beyond someone had carved a bunch of Spanish words into a tree.
Perhaps it was a warning from guerrilla farmers, I thought. Then I noticed the cross and the name "Jesus." How boring and un-dangerous!
Continuing up-canyon for another six minutes brought me to a second, smaller waterfall, located near elevation 4000', where a tributary comes in from the right.
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I took a peek into the tributary.
Another small waterfall blocked that route. For reasons unknown, I headed straight up the left slope here and did some exposed class 3 scrambling,
ultimately finding my way back to the main canyon above the waterfall.
Around 4160' there was a third waterfall in my way.
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A little more class 3 (up the right side) put me at the top looking down.
Here a stream could not be found, and the brush looked overwhelming.
I pushed my way up to the ridge for a brief view down-canyon.
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Then, having reached my turnaround time, I gave up the battle with the brush.