Big Shit Canyon

A canyon with high quality rock, few cairns and an abundance of boulders for anchors and backups. The approach offers a rare few hundred foot Class 3 ridge scramble through the steepest section.

From the canyon exit's wash, hike around a dirt mound and head of the left fork of the wash to gain the ridge. Gaining the ridge is easier than most Death Valley canyons since it's normal dirt and not super hard-pack. 1/3 the way up there is a 400 Class 3 scramble through the steepest section before the ridge evens out again. Stay on the right for the last 'headwall' rock formation before the localized summit. Go over the two localized peaks into the saddle and then descend into the canyon.

Very loose rock on the hillside the several hundred feet from the ridge into the main canyon wash. Kinda feels like getting into a canyon from Dante's but much looser. It is easy to get a microwave sized block moving. In canyon, most rappels use boulders in some respect. The rock feels like the canyons out in Funeral Mountains. Few cairns are needed and a lot of backup potential for anchors is available. Rock is high quality and almost no conglomerate. Lots of opportunity for 20ft downclimbs throughout. Could easily bypass a couple rappels if you wanted, but they were fun aesthetic rappels. Most rappels are short outside the one long one.

1.1 mile walk out on wash to the road