It’s not a bad bushwhack at all, I found. I did it in spring as well.

https://pmags.com/packrafting-dominguez-canyon-and-the-gunnison

“Up Little Dominguez Canyon to Blackpoint. I’ve never done the upper portion of Little Domingez Canyon, and I’ve seen reports that described it as overgrown and difficult to follow. Perhaps Joan and I have different definitions of overgrown and too much experience following the old pack stock trails, but I found the alignment on the map is more or less correct. Just when I thought I had lost the faint path, I saw piles of old cow dung almost cairn-like and the logical place where pack stock may travel. I did not find it as difficult as others reported. YMMV.’<

Upper Little D has been considered for Wilderness designation, but I’m not sure of the current status.https://www.gmugrevision.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dominguez-Canyon-_-Map.pdf

And upper Little D is quite a bushwhack. Wagon Park and Bar X avoid the willows and oak but also the impressive solitude. There’s a useful online write up by Tomcat.

Not so much abandoned, but deeded to the BLM. Pretty cool!

I hear that’s a common theme with the upper part of Little D!

It makes it fun when my loud family has a different definition of yelling vs. People from a different background! : D