Spur Canyon, Part 2

In the second part of the canyon, it changes character a bit. Instead of rappels, there's tons and tons of bush wacking, plus some fun downclimbs and really unique limestone narrows. Then to finish the canyon, a small tunnel that empties into the Bighorn River.

Bean and Dave at our lunch break in the canyon.

The sun made some cool colors reflecting off the walls.

Dave stemming above a pool.

A few scummy pools makes the descent a bit more interesting.

Bit of a tight squeeze!

Bean enjoying the swirling limestone.

The group heading down canyon.

Becky and I working our way through the Limestone.

Neil and Becky nearing the end of the canyon.

Me in the exit tunnel that empties into Horseshoe Bend and the Bighorn River.

Bean and Dave in the exit tunnel.

The last rappel is about 20-30 feet into a small alcove next to the river.

Neil on the rap. As you can tell, the water is rising and we ended up having to wade quite a ways.

Me on the last, short rappel. From here we waded along the side of the river, back to our raft and forded the river again.

Becky heading back to the car. A pretty good storm moved in, which made us glad we were out of the canyon by now.

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