Hiking Donner Canyon, part 2
Feb. 14th, 2023 06:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerIn part 1 of my blog about hiking Donner Canyon I quipped that it's not about hiking the canyon, it's about seeing the waterfalls. Well, there are plenty of little waterfalls to see, but it's also about seeing the canyon.
In the lower reaches the canyon feels about the same a mile in as it does at the beginning, but up here nestled below the peaks fo Mt. Diablo the views change every 2 minutes as the trail winds around the sharp folds of the mountain.
Hidden in some of these sharp folds are those waterfalls. The one in the pic above, for example, really can't be seen until you're almost on top of it. And getting below it? Whew, that'd be a tough one. It would take some technical climbing skills and equipment to get down and back up.
This falls (above) is also in the category of not visible except when you're practically on top of it. Like the previous falls it's in a narrow side canyon. And like I said at the top, hiking this trail isn't just about seeing the falls. Check out this short video showing the view when I swivel to look away from these falls:
Oh, and another falls; this one on the smaller side.
There were so many falls flowing on Sunday when we visited. In the days prior we'd considered a number of different hikes we could take. I'm glad we chose this one!
Update: Keep reading in part 3!
In the lower reaches the canyon feels about the same a mile in as it does at the beginning, but up here nestled below the peaks fo Mt. Diablo the views change every 2 minutes as the trail winds around the sharp folds of the mountain.
Hidden in some of these sharp folds are those waterfalls. The one in the pic above, for example, really can't be seen until you're almost on top of it. And getting below it? Whew, that'd be a tough one. It would take some technical climbing skills and equipment to get down and back up.
This falls (above) is also in the category of not visible except when you're practically on top of it. Like the previous falls it's in a narrow side canyon. And like I said at the top, hiking this trail isn't just about seeing the falls. Check out this short video showing the view when I swivel to look away from these falls:
Oh, and another falls; this one on the smaller side.
There were so many falls flowing on Sunday when we visited. In the days prior we'd considered a number of different hikes we could take. I'm glad we chose this one!
Update: Keep reading in part 3!
