Baptist Draw and Upper Chute Canyon

Baptist Draw is a great canyon in the San Rafael area. It turned out more interesting and longer than I thought. It starts out slowly getting deeper and narrower. You encounter one short rappel and lots of very tight narrows. After a while, you come to an 80 foot rappel that drops into Chute Canyon. From here there's one more short rappel, some downclimbing and a lot ofhiking through beautiful narrows.

Becky near the beginning of the Baptist Draw.
Neil the Baptist in the draw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Becky and I peering down the first rappel.
Becky on the first rappel in Baptist Draw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Becky the Baptist.
Becky and I hiking down a section of narrows in the draw.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Ian and I heading down canyon.
Me starting the rappel that links Baptist and Chute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Becky on the 80 foot rappel from Baptist into Chute.
Neil on the rap into Chute canyon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Heading down Chute Canyon.
Becky and I in a particularly cool section of narrows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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