TWC001
Location: 37.2520141601562, -110.973014831543
Begin at Davis Wash; begin 10.2-mile traverse to Twilight by heading S along E side of Fifty and Sixty Mile Points. (Sixty Mile is not named on USGS quads, but it's the S tip of the cliffs that continue S from Fifty Mile Point.) Wrap around Sixty Mile, continue NW along its W side to small knoll near canyon rim
TWC002
Location: 37.1736259460449, -110.972457885742
Entry into Twilight: hike around NW side, drop down toward the canyon looking for a solitary 20-foot-tall juniper
TWC003
Location: 37.1727256774902, -110.972770690918
From tree, walk S for 250 yards along a series of narrow, vegetated ledges until slickrock begins to fall away to R
TWC004
Location: 37.1698875427246, -110.973678588867
At a point 40 feet above the canyon floor where it becomes too steep to continue walking, look for a notch cut into the top of a rock by a climbing rope. Bring two 60-foot ropes and a harness to descend the steep friction slab to the floor of the canyon. This is also your exit route; it's easier to go up (a 5.2 climb) than down, but you may want to leave a rope in place to get up. Note: The only guaranteed water is at the lake, a few miles down Twilight Canyon.
TWC005
Location: 37.1728706359863, -110.975196838379
Set up basecamp along the confluence of the main canyon and a side slot
TWC006
Location: 37.175609588623, -110.973701477051
Along trail, note "Navajo Fins," a location where a sidewall of Navajo sandstone piece breaks off and crumbles in the slot. Often loose debris fills the gap, and you can find a way out of the canyon.
TWC007
Location: 37.1765289306641, -110.973503112793
A sloping wash opens to the R; continue up main canyon
TWC008
Location: 37.1771583557129, -110.974403381348
Walk beneath a wide-mouthed overhang
TWC009
Location: 37.1803207397461, -110.976699829102
R @ Y to stay in main canyon
TWC010
Location: 37.186450958252, -110.976898193359
Keep L as muted tan and soft-pink walls split and begin to narrow over the cobblestone path
TWC011
Location: 37.189079284668, -110.978103637695
Take route around chokestone to continue through fluted walls now 3 feet apart and 400 feet tall
TWC012
Location: 37.1912612915039, -110.978103637695
Chokestone ends path; either scramble up or turn around; return to WPT 7 and basecamp; next day, hike sections of canyon that 5 years ago were buried under more than 70 feet of lake water and 30 feet of sediment
TWC013
Location: 37.1518516540527, -110.964599609375
Old high water mark of Lake Powell; a side canyon available for more exploring; return to WPT #7
Panorama from Navajo Valley
Location: 37.1952438354492, -110.978103637695
A look south to Navajo Mountain from above the slot. ©Rich Rudow and Andrew Matranga
The view south from atop the slot
Location: 37.1925354003906, -110.980262756348
Looking toward Navajo Mountain and the slickrock surrounding lake Powell. ©Dale Diulus
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