Fat Man's Misery Hike

A short, easy hike close to Delta.  1 to 1.5 hours round trip.  Park along Sawmill Mesa Road at an entrance to a State Wildlife area.
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Drop down through a narrow crack to the wash below.  Hike up the very interesting wash.

This is not a difficult hike, but it more than simply a walk on level ground.

​Do not try this if you are claustrophobic.

​This photo shows the inside of Fat Man's Misery.

Inside Fat Man's Squeeze

Follow the gpx track down a closed road that ends at Fat Man's Misery.  I would not have seen this as passable if I had not been told it was there.

Fat Man's Misery from above

Fat Man's Misery low end

Do a small amount of boulder scrambling up the canyon from Fat Man's Misery.

Holes eroded in canyon walls

Above the holes

Continue up the canyon a short ways until it widens out, then turn around and head back.

Continue up the narrow canyon

Looking back down from where the canyon widens

Updated 2016.

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