IntrepidXJ's Adventure Blog

Here’s a photo of Lake Canyon with the Henry Mountains in the background. This one was taken from the washout of the old Jeep trail that went through this canyon. When the Hole-in-the-Rock pioneers crossed this canyon, they crossed on a sand dam that had formed Pagahrit Lake. This dam washed out in 1915 and the lake disappeared. What was left behind was a canyon that had filled with sand. With the dam and lake gone, this sand is slowly being washed out of the canyon by storms and flash floods. This removal of sand has caused two different Jeep routes across the canyon to be completely washed away. This photo is looking down canyon from the current state of the washout.