Carbon Lava Loop hike: a fun, scenic, delightful hike
Carbon-Lava Loop leads through some beautiful terrain in the Grand Canyon Carbon Canyon leads up to an elevated valley which then connects nicely with Lava Canyon and then returns to the Colorado River. This loop hike lets you see 2 canyons for the price of one. Carbon Canyon is muav sandstone and boulders. The connecting valley reminded me of Death Valley and its' "painted hills." Then Lava Canyon consists of a beautiful clear stream flowing down red, sharp lava rocks. This loop is sometimes called the Carbon Chuar Loop. This a pretty easy hike with only 2 boulder-rock pile ascents total. The rest is pretty easy with near-level walking through either dry or wet washes. The narrow section of upper Carbon Canyon is shown above is is lovely. My personal favorite section is hiking down the cool clear waters of Lava Canyon stream. This area is absolutely beautiful but difficult to photograph. It's one of those places that is am...