The season is over, right? Well, not for a few die-hards. Comes 'round the first weekend of December, and folks were jonesin' for a canyon fix. It was pretty cold out, and Zion got a dusting of snow, so... We wanted to do Imlay, because a friend had had a senior moment two weeks before, and left his pack in a dark little pothole. Would be nice to retrieve his pack for him (otherwise, it would be destroyed in the first good melt), but Imlay is a bit of an undertaking in the cold, and it did not fit most people's definition of 'fun'.

We settled on Spry. The crew is: Tom Jones (me), Hank Moon, Denise Manweiler, Malia Msmnificent and Bruce from Bryce.

Photos this Rave are from Malia, Hank and I. (Uncredited photos, if any, by Tom). I've got a new, bigger screen, and the photos are really good, thus, images are bigger, and you will want a high-speed connection this time around, or a lot of patience.

A cold morning start.

Climbing up toward the pass, Hank and Tom

Malia and Bruce at the "Tree with handy root"

Getting near the top of the pass.

Hank wandered off to the side to take photos of us on the approach. Here he is, off in the distance, across the marvelous slickrock waves that lead up to Deertrap and the East Temple.