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Upper Jump TripOur first class C canyon! Was tons of fun, ended up doing the trip in 7 hours. We did not use a car shuttle and walked back the easy 2 miles on the road to Black Rock campground. No extreme difficulty or problems, just jump, jump, jump. Wish I had a 60 foot rope instead of carrying my 200 foot. I used my 7mm dive wetsuit and left the back flap open and was very comfortable, never cold once. The others rented 7mm suits also and were comfortable also. Beta on ropewiki was very accurate. The...
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Red Caves - July 4th weekendBest contingency plan ever. Given the flash flooding this past weekend, and more flooding predicted, we needed something safe yet fun. Red Caves seemed like the best bet. I had called earlier to gain permission, and further talked to a few of the locals on the way. We were warned that the creek washed out the road, so we parked on the highway and hiked in. The approach is straight forward, and both the upper and lower canyon/caves can be done as a loop if you go up one of them. The recent...
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Full Oak Creek Canyon July 3rdTrying to find something to do in the July heat we decided we'd see if anything was open in Ouray even though it was a little early in the season. We received reports that there were a few canyons that would be OK, although water levels were quite high. I had done this canyon last year at the rendezvous when the water was probably half or less than what we saw today and it was a completely different canyon this time around. The approach hikes are a little different from what you see in...
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Zion: Checkerboard in da Heat,...In this kind of heat, even in Zion it is hard to find reasonable objectives. We chose Checkerboard with an early start. Skipping along Dakota Ridge in the early morning light was the plan... and we got some of that. We, in this case, was Amanda and Jesse from ZAC, and me of course. 5:55 am was a reasonable start. Amanda got almost two hours of sleep. I got six, good enough. Hand the big rope to Amanda, the small rope to Jesse, and off we go. Following the ridge turned out to be an...
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Hie to KolobMy visit to Kolob creek and the associated canyon was INSPIRING and deeply enjoyable, even reverent at times. I had so much fun in the canyon. I feel deep gratitude for the opportunity to be able to visit places like this on this earth. I recently made the claim that Heaps Canyon is the King of Zion, the one to rule all Zion canyons. I do not waiver in how I feel about Heaps. He is still King, but I easily claim Kolob Canyon as the majestic and regal Zion canyon Queen! Kolob, to me, is...
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Kolob canyon candy down through...I would consider this the best backpack/Canyoneering adventure I've been on to date. Lots of Canyon Candy (anything good in a canyon). I've read and talked with folks who really didn't enjoy the hike down through kolob and out the narrows. My perspective is the opposite...enjoying the lower reaches of kolob and the narrows at a leisurely pace was magnificent, one in which I highly recommend if you enjoy backpacking. The technical section of kolob was fantastic. We were a bit disappointed...
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Mystery Canyon 6.22.2014Last Sunday our group of four left the East Mesa trial head at 7:15 with sore legs from the previous day in Misery Canyon. We made decent time and were looking down the death gully just after 8. Everyone made it down alive but I'm pretty sure a few scrapes and bruises are mandatory when going down that thing. By 10 we were in the middle of the fluted rappels and took a nice long lunch break at a bone dry lake mystery. The only water we encountered was a knee deep pool at the bottom of Mystery...
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Misery Canyon - 6.21.2014Saturday our group of @Tyler @Alene @April and I completed Misery Canyon in about 10 hours. We started at 8:20am and moved quickly while things were still cool and made it to the first rappel by 10am. The upper canyon was dry until we ran into a few small pools around the first arch room. We worked our way down canyon and ran into a few waist/chest deep pools around the double arch room. We made it to Parunuweap a little after 1:30 where we ran into @canyoncaper who happened to be...
Cassidy Arch Canyon is a true classic! The entry rappel will take your breath away, but the excitement doesn't end there. There’s never a dull...
While the name may not evoke much positive emotion, this canyon is a stunning wingate slot that is short, sweet, and very photogenic. The slot is...
Set among soaring Wingate walls under a sky-scape of white capped Navajo sandstone domes, the three east forks of Shinob provide some of the best...
Set among soaring Wingate walls under a sky-scape of white capped Navajo sandstone domes, the three east forks of Shinob provide some of the best...
A short, deep, and rarely visited canyon in the western part of the San Rafael Swell. Named "Secret Mesa Canyon" in Michael Kelsey's San Rafael book...
Set among soaring Wingate walls under a sky-scape of white capped Navajo sandstone domes, the three east forks of Shinob provide some of the best...
The Hype
Sulphur Creek is an amazing journey down a small stream under towering cliffs in Capitol Reef National Park. The 6 mile point to point hike...
Baptist Draw is an extremely scenic canyon in the San Rafael that is easy to get to and straight forward to get through. It is commonly done by...
The Best Canyon in the Swell! Well, the meatiest technical canyon in the Swell, at the very LEAST. The Squeeze is a lot of fun when full of water,...
The Hype
Crack Canyon is a fairly interesting non-technical canyon that cuts thought the San Rafael Reef near Goblin Valley. The highlights of the...
The Hype: Little Wild Horse Canyon is probably the most beautiful kid friendly non-technical slot canyon in Utah and can be combined with Bell Canyon...
Imagine this: Climbing, scrambling, canyoneering, sitting under the cool shade of cottonwood trees, walking through the burning desert, and visiting...
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