Dear Ramoo - Finally got to that project we had glanced at, so long ago. Observation Point Canyon - dropping from near O Point into the Weeping Rock Cirque. 9:30 am to 6:00 pm. With Sarah Stratton, one of our ZAC guides. Shows some signs of traffic, including recent traffic. One RT bolt, 20 feet off the deck on the 260 foot rappel (Royce had a bad day). 230 foot rap to get in (in the notch on the OP side, picked the best spot). Nice, actually, without being particularly good. One quick swim, final rap was 295 feet. Anchors all in place, though we chose different ones on a few occasions. I messed up the second one, and it got stuck, under a flake as it turned out. Jugged 260 feet back up and reset the rappel with a 20' longer sling and a bit more care. Out just at dark. A fun day, but not a canyon for Ram. Pics coming, but the light was difficult. Beautiful fall day at Observation Point.

Slot cutting down from near Observation Point.

Head of the canyon, complex geometry, from Observation Point.

Middle section - looks mostly low-angle slabs, but hard to tell, looking straight down.

Bottom section and slot. Could be some business down there.

Sarah coming down the first rappel. The notch close to OP itself has a steeply slanted but easily downclimbed floor. Above our landing point, the canyon is choked with brush and would require numerous short raps. Below our landing point, it gets over 300 feet fairly quickly. A big tree on the rim, a very clean shot all the way down. Sweet. A sling and splitring on a small tree at the very edge, we cleaned. Someone else chose the same spot, and doesn't like leaving long pieces of webbing. Landed in a pleasant grove of Box Elder and Broom Groundsel. Down the bottom of the slot (30-40 feet wide), recent footprints, sheep prints and poop, able to downclimb a long way, last bit quite steep and wandery to avoid rappelling. finally had to rap into the middle slot, couldn't see how far, really. Chose a substantial Mountain Mahogony bush, and rapped. Down 20 feet at the turnover, a sling and split ring around a substantial Mtn Mahogony. A clean shot to the canyon floor.

Sarah downclimbing the slot, to the middle part of the canyon.

Rapping over the edge, second rap...