Clatterteeth Canyon, which lies in Du Faurs Creek near Mt Wilson was the first of three canyons I did with Albert over the long weekend. We did these canyons as photographic trips – carrying cameras and tripods with us and taking plenty of stops for photos.
The weather over the long weekend was quite hot on the first two days, and canyons provided a perfect refuge from the heat. It was also fairly cloudy, so we could enjoy reasonably soft light in the canyons for our photography.
Nearly all the photos I took were long exposures, taken with the camera mounted on the tripod. For some of them I used a polarising filter to reduce reflections from the water.
Here is a selection of photos –
More photos are online here on my website.
Tom Brennan advises lilos in this canyon because pools are long and water very cold (hence its name) but I don’t see much water on your pictures and no lilos around you or Albert.
So, did you end up not using lilos on this trip? Did you do the full canyon or part of it & do you remember how long was the longest pool?
I wonder if the canyon is reasonably swimmable in current water levels without lilos (maybe a bit of flotation in the packs) because lilos can be cumbersome when scrambling large distances between pools with not much water.
Both Albert and myself used lilos. I like using a lilo in this canyon – as I am not a good swimmer. Whenever I have to swim a long pool – I swim backwards using my pack for floatation. This works OK but does put more strain on your waterproofing – and since I carry an expensive camera I don’t like doing this unless I have to. Not many of the photos show the lilos – we would deliberately move them out of any foregrounds. But, I have often done this canyon where many in the party just swim and don’t bother with a lilo. The same for Bell Ck Canyon – and that is much colder. A wet lilo is also heavy to carry out of the canyon, which can be a pain when already carrying out the camera gear.
Wow, these photos bring back fond memories. I have done this canyon twice with friends, on LiLo’s, about 35 years ago. If I was still living on that side of the country I would do it again, if could find the entry. We went in via a tributary which we dropped a few feet into after bushwalking down from the fire trail.