benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Ben starts out from the parking area
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Where the creek leaves the canyon, very scrubbed out from the last big flood season
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Larry at the first challenge of the canyon, scrambling over some rock
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - The snow packs into the rocky creek bed, making for easier walking in the winter
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - A seepage creates a popular, and photogenice icefall in the winter
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Larry just beyond the icefalls
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Ben at the icefalls
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Some ice to cross - this narrow section of the canyon goes on for about a kilometre...
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - This is not a stable slope, but some people can't resist exploring a tiny cave beyond the icefalls...
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Yes there is a trail of sorts through this rubble field
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Looking back at Ben negotiating his way through the endless rubble
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Thank goodess the cliffs above are relatively free of big snow accumulations
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - The route is easier here, as the rock is more like large gravel than small boulders
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Larry near the end of our route
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - The final stretch on our route took us briefly up another rock-strewn creek
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - As creeks erode their banks, they become harder to scramble out of...
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - From our turn-around point, we get patches of blue sky to the south
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - More of the unstable compacted gravel slops that in some circumstances form into hoodoos...
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Heading back towards the narrow canyon section, Heart Mountain in the distance
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - A zoom shot of Heart Mountain, with just the top of the "heart" showing on the left
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - With so many families visiting this area, many inukshuks and othe rock towers have been created
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Walking through the Rock Garden
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - A garden of little rock towers in top end of the narrow canyon section
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Larry back at the busy icefalls area
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Ben walking on thick ice
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Ben back in the lower part of the narrow canyon section
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Larry back in the lower part of the narrow canyon section
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - The canyon walls are used by rock climbers - spot the pitons
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Ben back at the entrance to the canyon
benlarhome: Grotto Canyon Winter Hike - Just the facts