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I could also try heading straight west from here up to the top of the Old Dad Mountain range

06410-old-dad-canyon.jpg One option is to continue ahead, down into the south end of Old Dad Canyon and climb up Old Dad Mountain on a known ascent routeThumbnailsI decide that what I really want is to hike back down Old Dad Canyon the way I came, and then hike a bit of Idora Mine CanyonOne option is to continue ahead, down into the south end of Old Dad Canyon and climb up Old Dad Mountain on a known ascent routeThumbnailsI decide that what I really want is to hike back down Old Dad Canyon the way I came, and then hike a bit of Idora Mine CanyonOne option is to continue ahead, down into the south end of Old Dad Canyon and climb up Old Dad Mountain on a known ascent routeThumbnailsI decide that what I really want is to hike back down Old Dad Canyon the way I came, and then hike a bit of Idora Mine CanyonOne option is to continue ahead, down into the south end of Old Dad Canyon and climb up Old Dad Mountain on a known ascent routeThumbnailsI decide that what I really want is to hike back down Old Dad Canyon the way I came, and then hike a bit of Idora Mine CanyonOne option is to continue ahead, down into the south end of Old Dad Canyon and climb up Old Dad Mountain on a known ascent routeThumbnailsI decide that what I really want is to hike back down Old Dad Canyon the way I came, and then hike a bit of Idora Mine Canyon

It might be a bit steep and slippery in places, but it might be easier than it looks. I'd get great views across the Devil's Playground below from up there. It's not that far from here.