Bell Creek Canyon - 23 February 2008

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Party - Doug Bock. Lizzy Wenk, Nick Murray, David Oslington, Louise de Beuzeville, Ashley Burke, Dave Noble

Bell Creek is probably the most spectacular canyon in the Mt Wilson area. It has long sections of canyon - and they are deep and very dark. It has long pools of very cold water. Above, the canyon walls have over eons been sculpted into some amazing shapes. Its very nature - long deep pools and lack of light makes the canyon very hard to photograph well.

On this trip - we only visited the lower constriction. We entered Bell Creek via a small side canyon - Belfry Canyon - from the south.

Above - Ashley and Lizzy in Belfrey Canyon

Above - canyon formation

Above - Doug, Lizzy and Nick in Belfry Canyon

Above - Lizzy, Nick and Lou in Belfry Canyon

Above - Now in Bell Creek - Lou in the section known as "Quicksand Alley"

Above - Bell Creek has no abseils - but it does have a few tricky places - like this one where you need to scramble down some boulders. Dave Os, Doug, Lou and Lizzy.

Above - The start of the lower constriction

Above - time to inflate lilos

Above - starting out through the constriction

Above - squeezing under some logs

Above - canyon formation

Above - in the canyon

Above - Nick and Lou in the canyon

Above - canyon formation

Above - In the canyon

Above - canyon formation

Above - in the canyon

Above - Lou and Nick setting off

Above - in the canyon

Soon we reached the Du Faurs Creek junction. We went upstream - up the lower part of Clatterteeth Canyon to exit via the short Joes Canyon

Above - canyon formation - Joes Canyon

Above - Ashley, and lower down, Lizzy and Doug in Joes Canyon

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