Two sisters swept away in slot canyon flash flooding

website slot canyon flood Last week's flash flood tragedies are a reminder that the mesmerizing and beautiful slot canyons and flood washes in Utah can also become very slot bitches Two men were found dead after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon near the Utah-Arizona border, endangering three groups of hikers who had

slot canyon flood On July 24, 2010, a flash flood swept 39-‐year-‐old Joe Cain and two friends through Utah's Spry Canyon and over a 40-‐foot cliff He lived to talk about it—  Flows in slot canyons are unusual in that the walls comprise a significant portion of the wetted perimeter of the flow during geomorphically effective floods   Known as a slot canyon, the passage is as narrow as a window in some spots and several hundred feet deep Flooding can turn such canyons

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