Anne Creek Canyon (4/5)

List item

This is even farther north than the last picture and this is the lower part of Annie Creek Canyon. The distance from the stream to the top of the canyon is about 200-300 feet. Of special interest, notice the pinnacles on the canyon face roughly in the middle of the image. These were sculpted mostly by wind and water out of the soft rock of the cliff face. The steep sloping part of the cliff below the pinnacles is a little deceptive. This is scree that has fallen down the cliff face and it is mostly pumice. A person trying to climb up to the pinnacles would have a very difficult time because the pumice is loose and gives very little traction. If you take a step upward, you slide back nearly a step.

Written by Rex Trulove

3 Comments