{"id":9631,"date":"2024-11-26T22:59:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=9631"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:59:02","slug":"20241126death-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126death-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3 of 2024 Thanksgiving Trip to Las Vegas, Death Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third day of my 2024 Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas. I spent this entire day in Death Valley National Park, checking out two canyons (Sidewinder and Golden) together with Badwater Basin.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4243.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4243.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands around Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints 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{\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider12 = new Splide( '#splide-major-12', {\n\t\ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider12.sync( secondarySlider12 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I had the entire day to myself in Death Valley today, so I decided to let my more adventurous and spontaneous side take the lead. My plan was to explore two canyons (Sidewinder and Golden) with minimal preparation, which was a pretty unconventional approach compared to my usual outdoor adventures.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_080201.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_080201.jpg\" alt=\"Temperature Display at Death Valley Visitor Center\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Temperature Display at Death Valley Visitor Center<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The visitor center was my first stop after leaving the campground where I spent the night, so that I could I charge up my phone and use their free Wi-Fi to check up emails and stay up to date with the outside world. Furnace Creek holds the record for the hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth, set back in 1913. It remains the hottest place in the US during the summer, as its temperature display had become a popular photo spot for visitors.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Badwater_Basin\">Badwater Basin<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On my way to Sidewinder Canyon, I made a stop at Badwater Basin. At 86m (282ft) below sea level, this was the lowest elevation point in North America.<br \/>\nFrom its parking lot, a wide but faint trail stretched out into the salt flats. Eventually, the trail faded into the vast expanse, leaving visitors free to explore as far or as close as they wished.<br \/>\nWhat struck me most about Badwater Basin was the overwhelming emptiness. The horizon stretched endlessly, with nothing to break the view. The occasional sound of passing wind or distant cars only heightened the profound sense of solitude.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4101.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Sign of Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sign of Badwater Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The lowest elevation point of the US.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4138.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4138.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4106.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4106.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4135.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4135.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4136.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4136.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_091035C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_091035C9.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badwater Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4104.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4104.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin Salt Flats\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badwater Basin Salt Flats<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4102.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4102.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Pond\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pond<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Quite appropriate for the name &#8220;Badwater&#8221; as there was still &#8220;water&#8221; around.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4101.jpg\" alt=\"Sign of Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4138.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4106.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4135.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4136.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_091035C9.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4104.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin Salt Flats\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4102.jpg\" alt=\"Pond\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4101.jpg\" alt=\"Sign of Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sign of Badwater Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The lowest elevation point of the US.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4138.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4138.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4106.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4106.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badwater Basin<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4135.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4135.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4136.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4136.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains Surrounding Badwater Basin<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_091035C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_091035C9.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badwater Basin<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4104.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4104.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin Salt Flats\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badwater Basin Salt Flats<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4102.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4102.jpg\" alt=\"Pond\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pond<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Quite appropriate for the name &#8220;Badwater&#8221; as there was still &#8220;water&#8221; around.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4109_DSC_4133-25.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4109_DSC_4133-25.jpg\" alt=\"Badwater Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badwater Basin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/Badwater_Basin_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/Badwater_Basin_2160p60_H265_10Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/\/2024\/11\/26\/Badwater_Basin_2160p60_H264_11Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">18 seconds, 2160p60fps, 10Mbps\/29MB for H265, 11Mbps\/30MB for H264.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Sidewinder_Canyon\">Sidewinder Canyon<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As its name suggested, these were a series (side) of winding (wind) canyons. Its parking lot was connected to the main road via a 350m (0.2mi) gravel road.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4216C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4216C9.jpg\" alt=\"Wrong Entrances of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Wrong Entrances of Sidewinder Canyon<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Since I wanted the day to be more adventurous and unscripted, I roughly memorized the general layout of the trail, but didn\u2019t load the trail map onto my phone. This led to a bit of an &#8220;adventure&#8221; at the start of my hike. From the parking lot, I went straight to the most obvious canyon entrance (canyon 1 in this photo, p1-2 below). That quickly reached a dead end, so I moved to another canyon (canyon 2 in this photo, p3-4 below). This one even had faint traces of trail. It quickly turned out the &#8220;trail&#8221; led up some ridges, and I had to make a technical downclimb to reach the proper Sidewinder Canyon. The downclimb (p5 below) was likely on the upper end of YDS class 3, luckily it wasn&#8217;t very exposed.<\/br>So if one doesn\u2019t want to follow my footsteps and get lost, just remember that the mouth of Sidewinder Canyon was very wide.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4144.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_101400.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_101400.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"End of \"Trail\"\" \/><\/a><\/br>End of &#8220;Trail&#8221;<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At this time I realized I entered the wrong canyon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4148.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4151.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4151.jpg\" alt=\"Trail against Death Valley Backdrop\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail against Death Valley Backdrop<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4152C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4152C9.jpg\" width=\"44.44%\" alt=\"Descent through Large Chute\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4153C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4153C9.jpg\" width=\"44.44%\" alt=\"Descent through Large Chute\" \/><\/a><\/br>Descent through Large Chute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4144.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_101400.jpg\" alt=\"End of \"Trail\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4148.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4151.jpg\" alt=\"Trail against Death Valley Backdrop\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4152C9.jpg\" alt=\"Descent through Large Chute\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4144.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4144.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_101400.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_101400.jpg\" alt=\"End of \"Trail\"\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>End of &#8220;Trail&#8221;<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At this time I realized I entered the wrong canyon.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4148.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4148.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4151.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4151.jpg\" alt=\"Trail against Death Valley Backdrop\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail against Death Valley Backdrop<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4152C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4152C9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Descent through Large Chute\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4153C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4153C9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Descent through Large Chute\" \/><\/a><\/br>Descent through Large Chute<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>This episode at the mouth of Sidewinder Canyon meant I caught more glimpses of Death Valley along the way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4142.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4141.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4141.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Mountains around Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains around Death Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The striking color of red.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4147.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4147.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains around Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains around Death Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4215.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Death Valley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4142.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4141.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains around Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4147.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains around Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4215.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4142.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4142.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4141.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4141.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains around Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains around Death Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The striking color of red.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4147.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4147.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains around Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains around Death Valley<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4215.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4215.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Death Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4202_DSC_4214-13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4202_DSC_4214-13.jpg\" alt=\"Death Valley from the Mouth of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Death Valley from the Mouth of Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once in the proper Sidewinder Canyon, I found it&#8217;s like an avenue compared to the back alleys I entered earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4200.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4197.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4197.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Walls of Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4154.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4154.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4195.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4195.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4158.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4194.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4194.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4200.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4197.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4154.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4195.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4158.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4194.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4200.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4197.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4197.jpg\" alt=\"Walls of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Walls of Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4154.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4154.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4195.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4195.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4158.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4194.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4194.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It should be mentioned that Sidewinder Canyon featured many canyons that branched off from the main canyon, many would argue that these ones on the side made better adventures than the main one. However, I decided to stick to the main canyon for several reasons: it\u2019s the most popular (it\u2019s the only one on AllTrails), the side canyons featured more technical climbing, the main one was the most straightforward and hardest to get lost &#8211; which was important to me after already getting lost once.<\/p>\n<p>The canyon soon narrowed dramatically, with winding curves shaping the trail and the smooth contours of the rock walls. I bet this was the classic slot canyon experience. I wasn\u2019t used to slot canyons so it\u2019s rather exciting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4161.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4161.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_112129.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_112129.jpg\" width=\"96.4%\" alt=\"Wall of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Wall of Sidewinder Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A bit like a climbing gym, with rocks sticking out.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4183.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4183.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4174.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4174.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4175.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4175.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4180.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4180.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4176.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4176.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_115619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_115619.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4161.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_112129.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4183.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4174.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4175.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4180.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4176.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_115619.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4161.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4161.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_112129.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_112129.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Wall of Sidewinder Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A bit like a climbing gym, with rocks sticking out.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4183.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4183.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4174.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4174.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4175.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4175.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4180.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4180.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4176.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4176.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_115619.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_115619.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the main canyon, there was only one climbing move (slideshow below), which I would rate as YDS 3. The main difficulty was finding footholds as the rocks were slick.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4177.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4177.jpg\" width=\"92.3%\" alt=\"Technical Climb in Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Technical Climb in Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_115615.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_115615.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Technical Climb\" \/><\/a><\/br>Overlooking Technical Climb<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s not high, but there weren&#8217;t many footholds around.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_115602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_115602.jpg\" width=\"97.3%\" alt=\"Alternative Route\" \/><\/a><\/br>Alternative Route<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The rocks here had more texture, but the climb was higher. I didn\u2019t know whether this was easier or harder.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4177.jpg\" alt=\"Technical Climb in Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_115615.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Technical Climb\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_115602.jpg\" alt=\"Alternative Route\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4177.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4177.jpg\" alt=\"Technical Climb in Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Technical Climb in Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_115615.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_115615.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking Technical Climb\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Overlooking Technical Climb<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It&#8217;s not high, but there weren&#8217;t many footholds around.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_115602.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_115602.jpg\" alt=\"Alternative Route\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Alternative Route<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The rocks here had more texture, but the climb was higher. I didn\u2019t know whether this was easier or harder.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4192.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4192.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4163.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4163.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4187.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4187.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4166.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4166.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4167.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4167.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4169.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4169.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4170.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4170.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4178.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4178.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Pattern on Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Pattern on Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Didn&#8217;t know what created this.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_120131.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_120131.jpg\" width=\"84.5%\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The canyon opened up before the end of the trail. As a result, I turned back approximately 400m from the trail\u2019s end.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4192.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4163.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4187.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4166.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4167.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4169.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4170.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4178.jpg\" alt=\"Pattern on Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_120131.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4192.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4192.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4163.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4163.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4187.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4187.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4166.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4166.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4167.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4167.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4169.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4169.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4170.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4170.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4178.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4178.jpg\" alt=\"Pattern on Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pattern on Rock<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Didn&#8217;t know what created this.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_120131.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_120131.jpg\" alt=\"Sidewinder Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sidewinder Canyon<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The canyon opened up before the end of the trail. As a result, I turned back approximately 400m from the trail\u2019s end.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I found the sedimentary rocks of Sidewinder Canyon to be rougher and less refined compared to the other canyons I visited during this trip to Death Valley. The walls were covered with smaller rocks jutting out like goosebumps, giving the impression that they could fall at any moment.<\/p>\n<p>I turned back once the winding canyon opened up, which was a short distance from the trail&#8217;s end on the maps.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I returned to the parking lot of Sidewinder Canyon, it&#8217;s 1pm. I figured I had enough time left in the day to explore something else, so I decided to head to Golden Canyon.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Golden_Canyon\">Golden Canyon<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Golden Canyon is nestled among the striking badlands visible from Zabriskie Point, which I had visited the day before. The area boasts a vividly colored landscape, with dipping beds of rock layers creating a stunning display of hues. Over time, erosion has sculpted intricate canyons and badlands. While Zabriskie Point offers a stunning overview of the terrain, several hiking trails weave through the landscape, providing a more immersive experience.<\/p>\n<p>Among these trails, the Golden Canyon Trail and Gower Gulch Trail formed a perfect loop. This loop could also be attempted from Zabriskie Point by incorporating the shorter Badlands Loop. Red Cathedral was a short spur from Golden Canyon Trail. Originally, my plan was to check out Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch loop. But I ended up spending so much time exploring the Red Cathedral area off-trail that I had to skip the longer Gower Gulch Trail and return via Golden Canyon too.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, I felt the area\u2019s vibrant blend of colors looked best on Google Earth\u2019s satellite view, in my opinion better than the views from within the canyon itself. I bet the area would make great air balloon tours. <\/p>\n<p>The parking lot for Golden Canyon was very limited in size (20-40 cars, depending on whether one counted the overflow parking on road shoulders). I arrived sort of late in the day (at 1:30pm) and pulled in one of the few remaining spots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4224.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4224.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4225.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4223.jpg\" width=\"44.45%\" alt=\"Small Gullies\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4226.jpg\" width=\"44.45%\" alt=\"Small Gullies\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Gullies<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4228.jpg\" width=\"88.5%\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Three outstanding pillars. Where I was born trios like this would be named \u201cThree Sisters\u201d, but since the pillars were wide and masculine, I would call them \u201cThree Brothers\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4229.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4229.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4237.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4237.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4239.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Manly Beacon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4241.jpg\" width=\"44.45%\" alt=\"Trail to Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_141723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/20241126_141723.jpg\" width=\"50%\" alt=\"Trail to Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Red Cathedral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4224.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4225.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4226.jpg\" alt=\"Small Gullies\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4228.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4229.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4237.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4239.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4241.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Red Cathedral\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4224.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4224.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4225.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4225.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4223.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Small Gullies\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4226.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4226.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Small Gullies\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Gullies<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4228.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Three outstanding pillars. Where I was born trios like this would be named \u201cThree Sisters\u201d, but since the pillars were wide and masculine, I would call them \u201cThree Brothers\u201d.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4229.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4229.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4237.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4237.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4239.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4239.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Manly Beacon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4241.jpg\" width=\"46.15%\" alt=\"Trail to Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_141723.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/20241126_141723.jpg\" width=\"51.85%\" alt=\"Trail to Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Red Cathedral<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In short, compared to Sidewinder Canyon earlier today, Golden Canyon lacked the sinuous curves and tight turns, but it made up with a diverse range of colors along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of Golden Canyon, I went on the spur towards Red Cathedral. Red Cathedral was a series of reddish-colored rocks that resembled the towering pipes of a cathedral organ. As the trail neared Red Cathedral, it gradually faded into the surrounding badlands, so one could choose to follow the faint traces on the badland ridges or in the valleys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4242.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Cathedral<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142526.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142526.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Badlands around Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands around Red Cathedral<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142913.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142913.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Cathedral<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_143048.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_143048.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Cathedral<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142338.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail on Ridges\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail on Ridges<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142758.jpg\" width=\"89.05%\" alt=\"Trail on Ridges\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail on Ridges<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4251.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4242.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_142526.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Red Cathedral\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_142913.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_143048.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_142338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail on Ridges\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_142758.jpg\" alt=\"Trail on Ridges\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4251.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4242.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4242.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Cathedral<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142526.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142526.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands around Red Cathedral<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142913.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142913.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_143048.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_143048.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Cathedral<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142338.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142338.jpg\" alt=\"Trail on Ridges\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_142758.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_142758.jpg\" alt=\"Trail on Ridges\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail on Ridges<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4251.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4251.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Badlands<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>A small disappointment was that, reflecting the afternoon sun, the rocks of Red Cathedral appeared more orange than red, which was not that different from the surrounding badlands. They sure looked more striking in the twilight hours as I made my way back through Golden Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, Manly Beacon stood as a towering spire, rising dramatically above the surrounding badlands. Since I had decided to make my day more adventurous and unscripted, I thought, on a whim, that climbing Manly Beacon might be a good idea.<br \/>\nThere wasn\u2019t an obvious path leading from the badlands floor to the top of Manly Beacon, so I figured my best option was to follow one of the many gullies in the area and aim for the ridge between Red Cathedral and Manly Beacon. After scouting around for a bit, I chose one gully (p3 below) to attempt first. Unfortunately, it became extremely steep and narrow at one point (see p4-5 below), forcing me to turn back.<br \/>\nAfter that, I picked a different path that was less direct but more open (p6 below). This path led me to a small platform\/butte, but from there, I couldn\u2019t find any way to connect to the ridge that would take me to Manly Beacon.<br \/>\nJust for reference, the default route to climb Manly Beacon was from the side of Zabriskie Point, not Golden Canyon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_143738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_143738.jpg\" width=\"95.9%\" alt=\"Gullies\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gullies<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Manly Beacon was the high point in the background, didn&#8217;t look that hard from this angle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_143744.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_143744.jpg\" width=\"95.9%\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that I didn&#8217;t attempt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_150045C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_150045C9.jpg\" width=\"95.9%\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that I attempted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_145253.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_145253.jpg\" width=\"95.9%\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This was the place where I decided to bail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_145257.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_145257.jpg\" width=\"95.9%\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back towards the direction when I came from.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_160316C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_160316C.jpg\" alt=\"Path of Second Attempt\" \/><\/a><\/br>Path of Second Attempt<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_150956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_150956.jpg\" width=\"95.9%\" alt=\"Small Ditch\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Ditch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Following which I made my climb.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_143738.jpg\" alt=\"Gullies\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_143744.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_150045C9.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_145253.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_145257.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_160316C.jpg\" alt=\"Path of Second Attempt\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_150956.jpg\" alt=\"Small Ditch\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_143738.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_143738.jpg\" alt=\"Gullies\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gullies<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_143744.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_143744.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that I didn&#8217;t attempt.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_150045C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_150045C9.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">One that I attempted.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_145253.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_145253.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This was the place where I decided to bail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_145257.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_145257.jpg\" alt=\"Gully\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Gully<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back towards the direction when I came from.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_160316C.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_160316C.jpg\" alt=\"Path of Second Attempt\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path of Second Attempt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_150956.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_150956.jpg\" alt=\"Small Ditch\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Ditch<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Following which I made my climb.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>As for the climbing experience, the paths weren\u2019t steep compared to the other terrains that I had encountered, but the rock qualities were very poor. The rocks were fragile, easily crumbling or breaking away, which meant handholds had to be chosen with extreme care. In a way, it felt more like climbing over mud and dirt than solid rock.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this platform\/butte offered great views of the badlands below, which I felt were better compared to the views yesterday from Zabriskie Point. It&#8217;s probably because the afternoon sun breathed senses of life into the &#8220;golden&#8221; color of canyons, or maybe it was the fact that I could see the trails I had hiked earlier, making the landscape feel more personal and relatable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_153519C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_153519C9.jpg\" width=\"89.2%\" alt=\"Small Butte\" \/><\/a><\/br>Small Butte<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I didn&#8217;t see any obvious path from here to Manly Beacon, the prominent peak in the left, so I stopped here.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4246.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4246.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands around Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4250.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands around Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4248.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4248.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands around Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4245.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4245.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Manly Beacon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Didn&#8217;t look that impressive from this angle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/20241126_153519C9.jpg\" alt=\"Small Butte\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4246.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4250.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4248.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4245.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/20241126_153519C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/20241126_153519C9.jpg\" alt=\"Small Butte\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Small Butte<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I didn&#8217;t see any obvious path from here to Manly Beacon, the prominent peak in the left, so I stopped here.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4246.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4246.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4250.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4250.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4248.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4248.jpg\" alt=\"Badlands around Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Badlands around Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4245.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4245.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Manly Beacon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Didn&#8217;t look that impressive from this angle.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/Death_Valley_Hill_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/Death_Valley_Hill_2160p60_H265_10Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/\/2024\/11\/26\/Death_Valley_Hill_2160p60_H264_11Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">12 seconds, 2160p60fps, 10Mbps\/18MB for H265, 11Mbps\/20MB for H264.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After making my way down to the canyon floor, it was 4:10pm, less than 30 minutes from sunset. This excursion had taken up the time I had prepared for the longer Gower Gulch Trail, so I had to follow Golden Canyon Trail back to the parking lot. By now, the entire canyon was in the shade. Without the harsh contrasts of sunlight, the textures of the canyon walls became much more appreciable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4254.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4254.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral beyond Badlands\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Cathedral beyond Badlands<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4257.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4257.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon from Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Manly Beacon from Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4260.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4260.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Manly Beacon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4262.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4262.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4269.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4269.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral from Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Red Cathedral from Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4270C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4270C9.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Looking Back at Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back at Red Cathedral<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">(I think) the green circle marked where I reached. There&#8217;s no obvious path from that spot (dashed black line) to the ridge leading to Manly Beacon.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4268.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4268.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hill<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4273.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4273.jpg\" alt=\"Texture of Rocks along Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Texture of Rocks along Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4278.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4278.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4254.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral beyond Badlands\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4257.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon from Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4260.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4262.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4269.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral from Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4270C9.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Red Cathedral\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4268.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4273.jpg\" alt=\"Texture of Rocks along Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_4278.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4254.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4254.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral beyond Badlands\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Cathedral beyond Badlands<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4257.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4257.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon from Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Manly Beacon from Trail<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4260.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4260.jpg\" alt=\"Manly Beacon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Manly Beacon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4262.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4262.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4269.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4269.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cathedral from Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Red Cathedral from Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4270C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4270C9.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back at Red Cathedral\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back at Red Cathedral<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">(I think) the green circle marked where I reached. There&#8217;s no obvious path from that spot (dashed black line) to the ridge leading to Manly Beacon.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4268.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4268.jpg\" alt=\"Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hill<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4273.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4273.jpg\" alt=\"Texture of Rocks along Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Texture of Rocks along Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4278.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails\/DSC_4278.jpg\" alt=\"Golden Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Golden Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4279.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4279.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Death Valley near Sunset\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/DSC_4280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2024\/11\/26\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_4280.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Death Valley near Sunset\" \/><\/a><\/br>Death Valley near Sunset<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">I made it back to the parking lot to witness openness of Death Valley at approximately sunset time, which concluded my day.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third day of my 2024 Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas. 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