Frog Canyon

Frog Canyon: Hurricane Utah
With Renee (Wife) and Niah (Toddler) taking a nap I decided I had a couple hours to quickly explore a local canyon. I spotted the canyon last year on a hike to Molly's Nipple and had wanted to explore the canyon and area below the nipple. I also believe there was a TR I read on bogley but they started from the top and repelled down. It is an easy hike into the canyon itself but I quickly came up to an unclimable dry fall.









Dryfall 1

By backtracking a couple hundred yards I was able to scramble up and around the dryfall (also found a trail up to Molly's Nipple, the first time I hiked to the Nip we drove around the backside).

I then decended back into the canyon. Right above the first dry fall I found several waterpockets this was my favorite part of the hike.






Hiking back up the canyon I came upon another dryfall. At the base of the dryfall was a pretty stagnant pool.




Inbetween the two dry falls was a bit eery as there were quite a few bones, and Coyote (?) tracks





Once again I backtracked up and around the dryfall. After the second dry fall the cliffs became higher and the canyon become wider. The solitude also increased drastically! I havent hiked alone in quite some time and the silence of Frog Canyon was impressive.



It turned out to be about a 2 1/2 hour hike and I figure I hiked aboud 4 miles out
and back.

Some more pics



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MOLLYS NIPPLE

MATTS NIPPLES?

View from the top

Ever since a young man I have talked about Molly's Nipple. I mean really a land formation that looked like part of the female body! I remember when it snowed we often joked Molly decided to wear a bra! Last Sunday rather than looking and joking at the nipple we (Cory, Mel, Marie, Jackson, Danica and Kylee) decided to climb to the top.

There are several ways to get summit Molly's Nipple. The easiest way, and of course the way we took, is to drive up SR 59, turn off on the well graded road roughly three miles from main Hurricane then using the dirt roads head south by southwest. You can find driving directions online but as said basically you head south/ southwest. The brave can drive to within 1/2 mile. For us we took the safe route (we were in a SUV, but no 4WD) and our hike was about 2 miles round trip.
Getting to the top, while not easy, also is not too difficult. There are some steep sections and some minor scrambling but young Danica led the way and only needed help a couple of times.
Once on top, we were greeted with a spectacular 360 degree view. From the Arizona Strip, to Pine Valley. My personal favorite was the view of Frog Hollow Canyon.