With 110-plus degree weather every day during Welcome Week, students welcomed Canyon Cool Down, enjoying water slides, water balloon games and more Thursday night at The Grove fields. The event, presented by the Canyon Activities Board, culminated with another weather event, a haboob that ended the evening early.
Canyon Activities Board Night Life Director Matthew Johnson uses a water blaster as students arrive for the CAB-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A CAB event staff member takes a selfie as she tries out one of the nine inflatable water slides during the CAB-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student goes head first down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student slides down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student throws a water balloon during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student slides down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
CAB event staff member Halle Zuberer sprays down students with a water blaster during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student slides down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student slides down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
Students play football during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student slides down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student splashes down on one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
A student flashes Lopes Up as he slides down one of the nine inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at The Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
Students watch as strong winds from a dust storm blow one of the inflatable water slides across The Grove fields during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event on Aug. 31, 2023.
Students exit The Grove fields in a cloud of dust as some reference blown-over inflatable water slides due to a sudden dust storm that interrupted and canceled the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event on Aug. 31, 2023.
Strong winds from a sudden dust storm begin to lift one of the large inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event on Aug. 31, 2023.
Students exit The Grove fields after a strong dust storm knocked over many of the inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event on Aug. 31, 2023.
A students watches from a third-floor window of Willow Hall as a strong dust storm knocks over many of the inflatable water slides during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event at the Grove fields on Aug. 31, 2023.
Students use T-shirts to protect themselves from the strong dust storm during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event on Aug. 31, 2023.
Members of the Epic Party Team try to untangle one of the inflatable water slides that blew over due to strong winds from a dust storm during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored Canyon Cool Down event on Aug. 31, 2023.