May 28, 2017 — Surprise Canyon begins off a well-maintained dirt road and leads west through the desert on a nice trail toward the reef. A sandy wash leads into the mouth of Surprise Canyon, where a short walk up through the narrowing sandstone walls continues deeper. There's really no particular destination, and we found ourselves a little disheartened by how quickly the narrow section ended. There is a Class 2/3 section of scrambling past the prettiest narrows, but the canyon is much wider and more steep above this and really once you see the narrows that's not the worst time to just turn around.
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