FLASH FLOOD!! Red Rock Canyon Ice Box Trail

As a Southwesterner who has watched flash floods roaring down canyons where the water got very deep very fast, I implore folks watching this video to be very thorough in your planning before you consider going into slot canyons or canyons much wider than the canyon shown in this video. On one occasion I safely watched a flash flood roaring down a canyon that was much wider than the canyon shown in this video. The water got very deep & was flowing very fast. From where I was standing I could hear rumbling sounds coming from the canyon. The rumbling sounds must have been boulders rolling & hitting each other. During the height of the flood the boulders weren’t visible. The power of water to roll boulders & carve canyons has the power to quickly wipe out human lives.

You can start to see how some of that geology has been carved into the landscape by eons of rainstorms and water flowing. Amazing.

Just hiked Ice Box Canyon 2 days ago before the monsoon rains to this very vantage point. This is amazing once-ina-lifetime footage. He is stuck at his vantage point for a while. There is no getting out of this canyon cuz it's tight and verical walls for a good quarter mile with huge boulders, thick trees and shrubs in the wash. If you don't drown, you'll be dashed against the rocks. Hike in until the canyon narrows and drops down into the wash.

I was scared for you. It was amazing when the water first went over the fall. You could hear the rumbling and there it was! Incredible seeing that. Glad you were high enough not to get caught in it.

Awesome experience - Glad you're safe and thank you for sharing

Thanks for filming..I appreciate the silence and awe while watching and listening..just the sound of the water is so impressive

I know when I was working as a driver in Northern Maine and Coastal Canada the only thing that I saw that kinda freaked me out was the ice flows in spring, on the logging roads they had what basically where pop out bridges that where made to come out so the ice wouldn’t destroy the bridges, but something like these flash floods in the southwest are scary !! The awesome power that nature and water have is incredible ! Hope everyone was okay and I hear on the news that someone died in a flash flood I now can see how !! Incredible footage !!

Great footage, do note the water marks above your position though, and the overhanging erosion.. water does at times get high enough that that ledge you're on gets submerged. Glad you made it out safe .

Incredible spot to catch the flood, I can appreciate your apprehension. Water is an under appreciated power. Great experience! 👍

I remember when that group of elderly got caught in that flash flood s. Utah and the cadaver dogs found their bodies buried in 6ft of mud miles down stream. So much power, when hiking look at long range weather 20 or 30 miles out to avoid trouble. Awesome video. Be safe

I"m part of a family of forest rangers in the Southwest. Over several decades, we have hauled too many bodies out of the muck and mud, or looked in vain for others after a flood. all it takes is a fallen tree to be launched like a 3-ton spear down the canyon and that's all she wrote. It is powerful and inspiring. If you want to record these get ABOVE where the water starts its fall, and drop a drone down into the canyon to film. Water becomes shallow when it is moving at speed, but also acts like a relentless chaotic battering ram. few people drown in these situations, most are beaten to death. You were wisely planted--unless a tree had come by. be careful, plan ahead and get a drone.

Wow I feel like I experienced a whole adventure together with you. I actually was scared you might slip^^ glad you made it through and we are able to see this fascinating natural occurrence. =)

Just over 30 years ago, before there was a YouTube I hiked one of the slot canyons in Zion. I recall going a few miles into it where the walls on both sides went straight up with that curvy water carved smoothness, no rocks or ledges, like a fantasy image with only slivers of sky visible. I had been told that rain from far away that you can't detect can suddenly fill such places, and there would be no escape from where I stood. Decided not to push my luck and hiked back out. It was a dry day ☀☺ After viewing many videos like this, I believe that will be my only slot canyon hike.

I almost went today and saw the rain clouds. I’m glad I stayed put

Well done. Thank you. Very valuable

Thank u for showing this video. U made us part of it. Lol I was looking around like I guess we can hang on that bush and pray for the best. Also your commentary was great

Awesome...you captured this at the right moment...glad you are safe.

Amazing video, you were in the perfect place to capture the avalanche of water suddenly appearing

I've done this hike several times when I lived there. It is an incredible place.

Awesome video 👍👍👏👏you have brass balls👍 it was like you turned on the switch and water started running, what a experience it must have been. Again excellent video!