1/1/2024 0 Comments Lake powell slot canyons map![]() ![]() Another 30 would be x slots, and maybe 20 of those 105 could be pretty and worth creating beta for. Of those, I'd venture the wildest of guesses perhaps 75 would be deep and challenging to move through, and not exceptionally hard. My guess is that I've found around 230 unknown slots. Some slots, after using Topo maps to find the drainage name turned out to have been explored. Next, using the highest resolution maps available, and checking Google Earth imagery from different dates and different lighting against Bing maps I started adding place marks to areas that look like they have slot canyons cut into them. Then I spent even more time scanning the Colorado Plateau satellite imagery and geological maps looking for areas of Navajo sandstone that have flash flood prone washes running over it. How many undescended/ no beta/ undiscovered slots do you think are out there?Īfter spending many hours reading Kelsey guidebooks, internet articles, summitpost, climbutah, minislot guides, roadtripryan canyon tales, beta on various internet forums and looking at the super amazing canyoneering map, I had a LOT of Google Earth place marks. ![]()
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