Our friends who had backpacked into Yellowstone called and would be heading to Jackson early on Friday afternoon so we decided we could hike Death Canyon before they arrived.
We headed up the trail starting about 10 am. This was a favorite hike we made last summer so we knew what we were getting into - two steep climbs, long traverses across a rock field, a beautiful view of Phelps Lake, a noisy waterfall and the reward of a green, grassy, shaded spot next to the stream for lunch. On the way down we kept hearing voices from far away. After close inspection with the binoculars we found two young men rope climbing the vertical cliff over our heads. From the volume and pitch of their voices we surmise they were not having a good day! I hope they made it down okay. We are not in the best of shape for this hike so it seemed to take a lot out of us but we made the almost 2000 foot vertical climb and back in 4.5 hours and walked about 7.5 miles. There was no sign of bears.
When we reached the bottom we got a text that our friends Dave & Mickey and Lanny & Katie were waiting for us at Dornans with cold beers in hand. It was a welcomed sight to see our friends from home!
We met up with them and two other couples, Kathy & Paul and Mary & Jack, for supper so we could hear all about their adventures in the Yellowstone wilderness.
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