United States Canyon

Bloody Canyon

547 m of rock, cut by the Walker Creek.

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

The cut

547 metres, to scale.

A slice through Bloody Canyon where it is deepest and narrowest, measured on the Copernicus relief model every 30 m. Same scale as the landmark standing on the floor.

Standing on the floor, to scale: Great Pyramid · 139 m · Empire State · 443 m

Depth is measured to the lower rim; the width is from rim to rim. A 30 m relief model smooths the narrowest walls, so a slot canyon reads shallower than it is.

547m

Depth

measured on the 30 m relief model

17.3km

Rim to rim

measured on the 30 m relief model

38°

Steepest wall

average over 300 m, from the relief

2,161m

Floor altitude

Rim to floor

10 °C warmer at the bottom.

In July the afternoon reaches 27 °C on the floor, against 17 °C on the rim. The best months to hike are from June to September. The rim freezes at night from September to June. The wettest months are from December to March.

rim · 3,648 mfloor · 2,161 m

3°-7°Jan
3°-7°Feb
5°-4°Mar
9°0°Apr
16°6°May
22°13°Jun
27°17°Jul
26°16°Aug
22°12°Sep
16°6°Oct
8°-2°Nov
3°-7°Dec

Hike: Jun–SepFrost on the rim: Sep–JunWettest: Dec–Mar

Afternoon highs, 1991–2020 averages (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the rim and of the floor with the standard lapse rate (6.5 °C per 1 000 m). Shade, wind and rock change this on the day. Not a forecast.

California, United States

Bloody Canyon is a canyon in United States, cut by the Walker Creek. The relief model measures 547 m from the floor to the lower rim, and 1,486 m to the higher one. Rim to rim it is 17 km wide where the cut was taken.

Getting there.

On Grant Lakenearest viewpoint · 3.1 km from the floor
Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 39 km in a straight lineCar hire at FAT airport (Fresno)Discover Cars · sponsored link
From June to Septemberbest months to hike (estimate)

Plan the visit

Guided hikes, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at FAT airport (Fresno)Discover CarsSee prices

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From the sky.

The canyon from above, with the relief shaded, the line of the cut, the river and what people have mapped around it.

Bloody Canyon seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 6 km

ViewpointsParkingCampsites

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 24 × 24 km, north up. The line is the cut above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the canyon.

1viewpoints within 5 kmOn Grant Lake
2car parks within 3 km
9campsites within 8 kmBig Bend Campground, Aspen Grove Campground, Moraine Campground and 6 more

marked hiking routes within 4 km
via ferrata routes within 4 km
climbing crags within 3 km
footbridges and suspension bridges within 3 km
rafting, canoe, kayak or canyoning spots within 4 km
swimming spots within 3 km
named waterfalls within 4 km
caves within 3 km
information boards and visitor centres within 4 km
bus stops within 2 km
hotels and guesthouses within 8 km
restaurants and cafés within 4 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the floor of the canyon. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

In our other atlases

What else is around Bloody Canyon.

The river that carved it, the waterfalls inside it, the mountains on the rim, the lakes, beaches and island nearby — from our six sister atlases, each with its own figures.

Peakyas22 mountains within 15 km

Mount Lewis3,765 m · 7.5 kmMount Gibbs3,895 m · 7.8 kmMount Dana3,981 m · 8.6 kmParker Peak3,922 m · 9.5 kmKoip Peak3,953 m · 10 kmKuna Peak3,965 m · 11 kmBlacktop Peak3,877 m · 12 kmMount Warren3,757 m · 14 km

Lakeyas5 lakes within 15 kmComing soon

Walker Lake0.2 km² · 4.1 kmGrant Lake3.9 km² · 4.5 kmJune Lake1.2 km² · 12 kmSilver Lake0.4 km² · 12 kmGull Lake0.2 km² · 13 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather, at the floor and at the rim.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon · floor	3	3	5	9	16	22	27	26	22	16	8	3
Afternoon · rim	-7	-7	-4	0	6	13	17	16	12	6	-2	-7
Night · rim	-17	-17	-15	-12	-8	-3	2	0	-3	-9	-13	-17
Rain (mm)	103	101	90	56	37	11	14	9	9	38	61	118
Rainy days	11	11	12	10	8	4	4	3	3	5	8	11
Sun hours/day	6.5	6.9	7.8	9.5	11.1	13.6	13.1	12.7	11.3	9.5	7.2	5.8
Snow on the ground (cm)	44	45	40	17	5	1	0	0	1	4	12	26

	Afternoon · floor	Afternoon · rim	Night · rim	Rain (mm)	Sun hours/day
Jan	3	-7	-17	103	6.5
Feb	3	-7	-17	101	6.9
Mar	5	-4	-15	90	7.8
Apr	9	0	-12	56	9.5
May	16	6	-8	37	11.1
Jun	22	13	-3	11	13.6
Jul	27	17	2	14	13.1
Aug	26	16	0	9	12.7
Sep	22	12	-3	9	11.3
Oct	16	6	-9	38	9.5
Nov	8	-2	-13	61	7.2
Dec	3	-7	-17	118	5.8

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the floor (2,161 m) and the rim (3,648 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	23%	3%	89%	156%	83%	129%	46%	73%	10%	0%	58%	48%
2021	132%	32%	60%	22%	44%	137%	270%	24%	24%	333%	27%	200%
2022	0%	5%	24%	61%	7%	47%	49%	303%	293%	9%	133%	261%
2023	265%	146%	314%	5%	102%	263%	9%	420%	248%	15%	63%	27%
2024	90%	175%	182%	70%	63%	76%	201%	151%	190%	36%	124%	54%
2025	21%	178%	121%	52%	20%	66%	42%	446%	424%	156%	139%	117%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Compare with the neighbours.

Bloody Canyon

United States

547 mDepth
17 kmRim to rim
—Length
38°Steepest wall

Lyell Canyon

United States · 19 km

728 mDepth
15 kmRim to rim
—Length
40°Steepest wall

See the guide

Tenaya Canyon

United States · 44 km

964 mDepth
4.0 kmRim to rim
—Length
59°Steepest wall

See the guide

Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne

United States · 45 km

1,265 mDepth
6.9 kmRim to rim
—Length
48°Steepest wall

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length	Wikidata (Q19600542) · CC0
The cut: depth, width, wall and 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020
Viewpoints, trails, bridges and the river line	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, mountains, lakes, beaches and islands nearby	Coastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.