![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25709a.jpg)
The trail descends into the wash (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25710a.jpg)
In the wash, the trail heads uphill (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25712a.jpg)
Trail in the wash with blooming Brittlebush (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25716a.jpg)
Entrance to the canyon (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](../Grapevine/p-gv/DSCN3887a.jpg)
Entrance to the canyon during wet spring (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25714a.jpg)
Entrance to the canyon: south side (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](../Grapevine/p-gv/DSCN3754a.jpg)
South side, outside entrance to the canyon (view SW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25724a.jpg)
South side, inside entrance to the canyon (view S) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25715a.jpg)
Entrance to the canyon: north side (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](../../../Glyphs/LAME/Grapevine/p-gp/DSCN3762a.jpg)
North side, entrance to the canyon (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25717a.jpg)
Continuing up the canyon (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25718a.jpg)
Lots of boulders to pass (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25719a.jpg)
First patch of Canyon Grape (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25720a.jpg)
Enormous overhanging boulder (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36882a.jpg)
chockstone ahead spans a gorge (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25721a.jpg)
Grasses and shrubs hinder travel (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25722a.jpg)
Stream and smooth granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/DSCN3783a.jpg)
Minor obstacles (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/S120_25723a.jpg)
Stream and smooth granite; not the route (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36883a.jpg)
Pick either side to pass the chockstone (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36884a.jpg)
Hiker staying right to pass the granite gorge (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36885a.jpg)
Narrow path above the gorge (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36886a.jpg)
Looking back, the chockstone spans the gorge (view SE) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36887a.jpg)
Beyond the gorge, the canyon opens up (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36888a.jpg)
Use-trail winds through grapevines and other shrubs (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36889a.jpg)
Use-trail winds through grapevines and other shrubs (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36890a.jpg)
Hiker passing a dead cottonwood tree (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36891a.jpg)
Isolated petroglyph panel high on the hillside (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36892a.jpg)
Isolated petroglyph panel high on the hillside (zoom, view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36892b.jpg)
Isolated petroglyph panel high on the hillside (zoom, view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36893a.jpg)
Use-trail pushes through willow thicket (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36894a.jpg)
Use-trail winds through field of grapevines (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36895a.jpg)
Granite boulders and Mojave Yucca (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36896a.jpg) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36897a.jpg)
Hiker working through granite boulders (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36898a.jpg)
Hiker starting onto smooth granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36899a.jpg)
Hiker crossing smooth granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36900a.jpg)
The route drops back into the sandy wash (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36901a.jpg)
Grand scenery with granite spires (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36902a.jpg)
Use-trail running along edge of the wash (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36903a.jpg)
Fractured granite with barrel cactus (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36904a.jpg)
Use-trail runs back into the wash (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36905a.jpg)
Fallen cottonwoods block the wash; bypass on right bank (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36906a.jpg)
Past the tree fall, use-trail drops back into the wash (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36907a.jpg)
Dead giants make way for young cottonwood trees (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36908a.jpg)
Open, sandy wash (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36909a.jpg)
Another dead giant in the wash (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36910a.jpg)
Yet another dead giant blocks wash; bypass to the right (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36911a.jpg)
Bypass runs high on the hillside (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36912a.jpg)
Route drops back into the wash (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36913a.jpg)
Wash bends right and narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36914a.jpg)
Hiker entering the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36915a.jpg)
Hiker in the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36916a.jpg)
Hiker winding through the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36917a.jpg)
A bit of more-open canyon (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36918a.jpg)
A small carnivore lives here (skunk, weasel, or ringtail scat) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36919a.jpg)
Sculpted stone in the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36920a.jpg)
The granite narrows get narrower (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36921a.jpg)
The granite narrows get narrower and deeper (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36922a.jpg)
Sculpted stone in the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36923a.jpg)
Hiker at the end of the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36924a.jpg)
Hiker exiting the granite narrows (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36925a.jpg)
Hiker beyond granite narrows; note landmark on horizon (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36926a.jpg)
Open wash beyond the granite narrows (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36927a.jpg)
Beyond the granite narrows, the canyon forks (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36928a.jpg)
North Fork; not the route (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36929a.jpg)
South Fork; the route (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36930a.jpg)
Hiker staying left into the South Fork (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36931a.jpg)
Staying left into the South Fork towards landmark (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36932a.jpg)
South Fork is narrower and smaller than North Fork (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36933a.jpg)
Winding up the South Fork (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36934a.jpg)
Granite crags along the South Fork (view SW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36935a.jpg)
Continuing towards the landmark on the horizon (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36936a.jpg)
The landmark stone sinks behind granite slabs (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36937a.jpg)
Hiker approaching granite slabs and cottonwood trees (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36938a.jpg)
Hiker approaching granite slabs and cottonwood trees (view NW) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36939a.jpg)
Hiker approaching cottonwood trees (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36941a.jpg)
Hiker approaching cottonwood trees (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36940a.jpg)
Waterfall past cottonwood tree (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36942a.jpg)
Waterfall and sculpted granite (view N) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36943a.jpg)
Waterfall and sculpted granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36944a.jpg)
Waterfall and sculpted granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36945a.jpg)
Waterfall and sculpted granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36946a.jpg)
Not the best time for a soak (view down) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36947a.jpg)
Trickle of water over the water-polished granite (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](ph-gf-w/S120_36948a.jpg)
Waterfall and sculpted granite (view S) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/DSCN3819a.jpg)
Top of the waterfall (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/DSCN3821a.jpg)
Waterfall and bathtub (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/DSCN3819b.jpg)
Bottom of the waterfall and bathtub (view W) |
![Grapevine Canyon](photos-gvf/ChrisM-63.jpg)
Sometimes the falls are dry (view W) |