PICACHO Del DIABLO Via CANYON PROVIDENCIA - SOUTHEAST RIDGE Chiefly Class 2; Some Class 3; A Little Class 4 Dec. 29, 30 & 31, 1972; Jan. 1, 1973 LEADER: Ed Tracy; participants: Dave & Don Gladstone, Doug Mantle, Tren Bartlett TREN'S LOG & COMMENTS

December 29- 8:50 am, started hiking approximately 200 yards east of the mouth of Canyon Providencia at an elevation of 1,560'. This is approximately one mile beyond the normal parking place for two-wheel drive vehicles. 10:50 am, 2,600', the main creek takes a right angle turn to the left. Go left. 2,750', ducks on right; climb-up a little draw on right to 2,860', then go across & down. This by-passes a difficult waterfall. 2,920', two-level waterfall. We by-passed this one on our Thanksgiving weekend trip by the long short-cut but had to rappel over it on the way out. To rappel, one needs a min. of 180' of rope & an 8' sling. This trip, the pool at the bottom was dry so we didn't have to take our pants off to wade across it and we climbed easily to the middle ledge. There we took off our packs and climbed the rest of the way up the face rather than the slot or wash on the left, primarily because of the hard move getting into it. There was one move on the top that could be considered high class 3. Although we didn't use one, some may want a rope for the last move. 3,220', beautiful Grotto where we had lunch. 4,200', 3:30 pm, main stream makes a sharp turn to the right. We camped there. If one should continue to follow the main stream, he would soon come to a waterfall that can be climbed on the right but then would immediately come to some that must be by-passed. The by-passing could be very time consuming. December 30- 7:20 am, we filled all of our water containers taking a two-day supply and climbed directly up the ridge that is between the main stream after it makes its turn to the right and the side canyon on the left front; or to say it another way, it is the steep, brush covered ridge that is in the open end of the Y with the main stream before the sharp turn being the leg of the Y. A duck has been built about 20' above the stream on the edge or face of the ridge. I would recommend climbing from about 50' up the side stream on the left to the duck and then up the ridge instead of

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