High Creek

I lost all my notes for this canyon so note that this beta is off my hazy memory. The canyon itself doesn't have much to offer, we did 4 rappels. There is a lot of down climbing and the canyon resembles a large gully. A lot of boulders and loose rocks to negotiate. Some large rock columns on either side of the canyon loose ready to come down.

You park at the same parking lot for Big Falls (Southern California) at the Vivian Creek trail head. This trail requires a permit that can be obtained here. Your parked vehicle will also require an Adventure Pass or equivalent. You take the Vivian Creek trail past the half way camp site. Shortly after, the trail makes a switchback west, before doing so you leave the trail and continue heading east. Pick the path of least resistance find a suitable drop in into High Creek. Every option looked precarious as the soil is not stable.

Once at the bottom, you will come to the beginning of the technical section almost immediately. The first rappel was 80' if memory serves me right. I don't recall the rest. One thing that comes to mind was a rappel that we anchored off a dying bush LDC. As I was building the anchor, I found very old black webbing, so this route has been done but not documented. There will be a substantial amount of down climbing throughout. June 2021 description R1: 50' - boulder A long low-angle downclimb follows that could be rappelled. R2: 50' - tree DCL R3: 120' - tree DCL R4: 40' - boulder