RedactedNarrative: Vessel was in mtn sheep cyn a notoriously narrow and hazardous slot canyon.  The 30' vessel was towards the back of the canyon and that the operator had shut down the engines in a very narrow passage and with the help of several people on board were pushing the vessel further back into the canyon because they could not motor it back further safely.
   
  Operator further stated that while the boat was in the canyon, an underage operator with 3 passengers on an overloaded pwc came around the corner and nearly struck the vessel and the wake from the pwc caused the vessel to collide several times with the canyon walls on both sides of the vessel causing over $2000 worth of damage.  Operator stated further that they did not wish to report the accident right away as to not ruin their trip.
   
  Investigator came to the conclusion that this was an avoidable accident perpetuated by a series of event.  The vessel should not have been back in the slot canyon attempting to go further