Serpent Canyon

SERPENT CANYON WAS USED TO GET TO THE CANYON LISTED BELOW (now known as Grandview Canyon - see post under that name). NOT KNOWING WHAT WE FIND TRYING TO ASCEND UP-CANYON AND GET BLOCKED BY IMPASSABLE DRY-FALLS. LUCKILY MOST OF THE LOWER CANYON WAS ONLY A GRAVEL WASH. HOWEVER, HIGHER UP WE HIT SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT HAD TECHNICAL DRYFALLS, AND CONSIDERED ANOTHER TRIP BACK JUST TO COMPLETE THIS CANYON IN CANYONEERING STYLE. ANOTHER PROJECT ON DAY. THE CANYON DID HAVE SOME NICE WALK-THOUGH NARROWS THAT WERE WORTH THE EFFORT. THIS CANYON WAITING TO BE DONE THIS WAS MY WRITE-UP FOR THE GRANDVIEW CANYON TRIP: This was a long 16 mile using another new canyon called the serpent to gain access. on the approach through the serpent, the upper part had some technical dry-falls that we were able to climb by bypasses we found. After dropping into the main objective, we descended the upper portion of the canyon and found no evidence that anyone had ever been there before. as we got further down we found some very old webbing hanging on rusty pitons. looked like the party was attempting to come up the canyon from the mouth, but got stopped part of the way up. A very big loop of two canyons and some great canyon scenery to check out. Except we ran out of daylight with the short winter hours.