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Jul 03, 2019 — Sundance Canyon shares a trailhead with Bear Canyon, but I set the TH coordinates to the spot where we dropped off the forest road into the drainage leading to Sundance Canyon. A few obstacles and mossy narrows teased us before getting to the actual slot section. A couple of slides/handlines into full swimmers (wetsuit definitely recommended even in early July, when we went) led to a short rappel that's avoidable if you're cool with jumping into a murky pool without scouting first. All too quickly, the narrows ended and we got to the big 180-footer, a think-twice lip overlooking the floor below. The rappel is partially free-hanging, and incredible, definitely among my favorite rappels to date. The cathedral-like bottom had us gawking for a minute as we looked up at where we came from. We found someone's cut hair at the base - I suppose s/he got it caught in a rappel device. Ouch.
From the mouth of Sundance Canyon, we crossed West Clear Creek a few times and located the trail back up to the plateau above. It's steep, but easy to follow once you locate it.
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