Back To Hogwarts Canyon - North Wash
Quality Ratings
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10/09/2024
Easy and quick outing as a roadside attraction. Great if paired with using the rest area and cooking dinner. 60m rope and bring plenty of extra webbing. The final rappel I did not use the small block on a sloping ledge but added a different rappel on a thread through above. |
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04/27/2024
Easy warm up canyon. Stemming over semi-keeper was a bit of a mind trip in one section since I hadn't done it in a while. Pretty and fun canyon. |
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04/11/2024
It's a bit of a hike to the start...almost straight up a chimney. Fortunately, this was not that long of a hike. Beautiful canyon with great views and rock formations. Water was avoidable with a short bridge traverse. Would do this again for the eye candy. |
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11/12/2023
A magical canyon! |
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11/05/2023
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10/18/2023
With Monica and Dwayne Campogan |
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10/18/2023
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10/15/2023
Sunny day with perfect blue skies and temperatures. Took Ethan, Lisa, Chris, and Dave through Hogwarts. Anchors were all in good condition. We navigated the canyon easily and had a fun afternoon. We encountered a few other groups in the canyon which slowed down our progress. Took us 2 hours and 45 minutes car to car. Probably would have been 30 minutes faster if we hadn’t encountered other groups and had to wait. |
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10/12/2023
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09/30/2023
Did it with Dad, Nate, and Allie. We took our time since we had two groups in front of us. Did an optional rappel at the start off a tree with a CEM. Had some giant wasp/ant that was probably about 2.5 inches long going down canyon with us for a couple while. Allie hated that haha. Allie and Dad decided to rappel into the semi-keeper after I downclimbed to the other side of it. With no water in it, they were both able to get out of it without my help needed really. Really fun route to relax on after a long day of squeezing in Leprechaun right fork the day before. Route says it's supposed to take 2.5 hours on the high end, but we ended up taking about 4 somehow. Still can't really figure out where all the time went, but we were having fun. Walking back on pavement was luxury compared to the sandy exits we did all weekend. Should definitely do this one again sometime. |
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09/01/2023
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06/02/2023
75min solo. good canyon to teach anchoring |
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05/27/2023
First time with jack. He did great! |
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05/27/2023
Cool petroglyph in arch on hike back next to road. |
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05/25/2023
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05/25/2023
5 rappels one could have been downclimbed though in the middle one keeper pothole that was avoided in same area. had to bridge to avoid another section of water |
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05/21/2023
Fun day in Hogwarts. There were some shallow pools of water. Anchors were in good condition. |
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05/13/2023
Louise's first canyon! Approach was really short and straightforward. The exit is also short and you can walk in the river on the way back to the car. I don't remember there being any tricky downclimbing, super beginner friendly. |
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05/10/2023
My birthday week. Robert, Susan, Tamara. First real stemming for them. |
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05/01/2023
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04/14/2023
With Venture for Canyoneering class. First time building Anchors. Super rad! Wore Altras and Rapped with a Pirana |
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04/08/2023
Great short canyon. Love the arch. Down climbing around one pool felt a little spicy to me. It was a traverse around. Ended up not too bad. Exposed as I was 10’ above a pool. Avoided the water pools, stayed dry. |
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04/06/2023
April, Ellie, Lottes and myself. first run of trip due to driving from UT/CO border in AM. nice afternoon. did R0. avoided water at R1. handline/optional rap set up for the slide after R2. another optional rap set up to avoid the semi-keeper pothole but we didn't use. stayed dry on pothole, but A&E got wet after squeeze and larger pool - L and i stemmed/bridged with some effort on my part. bolts at R4 were very nice! |
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04/01/2023
With Connor and Mike |
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04/01/2023
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03/25/2023
3 of us. neat canyon |
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03/19/2023
With Greg and Justin. Unavoidable water that was ankle deep at the end of the second to last rappel. All anchors in good condition. |
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12/24/2022
Interesting rappel but kinda moaby in style |
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11/06/2022
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11/05/2022
Solo, got the rope stuck on the final repel. Future advice, use a 200 foot rope and put a Biners block right in the middle from the first repel and keep it there until you’re done with a Canyon |
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10/19/2022
Ran it late in the day with 5 in our party. Canyon was mostly dry but did find small amounts of water. We ended up finishing in the dark and found the last rappel a bit awkward in the dark. Super fun canyon! |
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10/15/2022
With Audrey, Grant, Annie, Josh and Lydia Easy to miss the water |
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10/14/2022
Fri afternoon with Maddie & Sam, slow going behind several large groups. Water in the pothole, ran into Sean from Steve & Grace’s Quandary trip |
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10/14/2022
Bridging over pothole is a bit difficult towards end Last rap is overhung |
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10/14/2022
Always such a beautiful, simple, beginner-friendly canyon. After rappel two (the one below Hogwarts signature arch) there is a small drop. You can downclimb the drop, or go right (if you are facing down canyon) to the right wall, and slide down. I usually slide down. The downclimb is easier with a spot. After this, there's a stem over a semi-keeper. For first timers, this is their first stem. If they get scared, they can slide into the semi-keeper and go low. To go into the semi-keeper, there is a little drop at the end of the slide. As of 10/14/22, the semi-keeper had some water. Make sure there is a person on the other end of the semi-keeper to assist the person in the semi-keeper out. I am 5'7 and needed a hand to get out. After the semi-keeper, there is a small downclimb that leads into a very short but decently tight section. Then you hit the third rappel. There are two options for the 4th/last rap: 1: walk straight ahead in the wash until you reach the edge. The rappel is there 2: Instead of walking all the way down to the edge, go up to your right (if facing down canyon). Towards the edge of the top of the first summit, there is a large boulder with webbing. |
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10/08/2022
Rescued woman from keeper hole Beatifical temps 70 degreees Removed webbing from hollow pocket Super slow because of group ahead of us |
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09/18/2022
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09/17/2022
Lots of fun :) |
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05/12/2022
Nancy Dwight Kim Brett Toni. Four hours car to car. Took to 125 foot ropes. Canyon was dry anchors were good except I didn’t fully trust the solution pocket anchor. |
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05/10/2022
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04/30/2022
With Jim Firstbrook 1.5 hourz |
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04/30/2022
With Jim Firstbrook 1.5 hourz |
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04/26/2022
First rap off solution pocket is tricky to not get rope stuck. There is webbing anchor off rock. Super chill would be easy guide. 2h solo, ran into group and took side trip. |
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04/22/2022
First canyon with Justin, Kylie, Kasey. Straightforward, easy rappels |
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04/16/2022
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04/09/2022
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03/19/2022
Was a beautiful canyon. Approach is a tiny bit scrambly, but not bad. has several beautiful rappels and the semi-keeper pothole is barely that. |
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03/15/2022
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02/19/2022
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11/21/2021
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11/06/2021
Super fun. all anchors were set by previous canyoneerers and they looked great |
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11/05/2021
Really fun beginner’ish canyon |
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11/05/2021
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10/23/2021
First Canyon ever! Done with ACA group. Dave led group. just spectacular! No slots but a great beginner canyon. Easier starts on all rappels. Last one is biggest, check rope length or go up to right for shorter rap |
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10/18/2021
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09/18/2021
Used deadman anchor on last rappel |
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07/04/2021
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05/18/2021
Susan Goodman, Scott Bordon, Brian Reischl, Hendrick Schmidt, Tammy Berrie, Mark Chamberlain, Lauren Brenneman, Tom, Cindy Fewell |
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05/16/2021
Awesome hike. Tricky at the beginning. Kept trying to go clockwise on accident but figured it out. Loads of fun, would 100% do again |
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05/16/2021
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05/02/2021
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04/30/2021
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04/24/2021
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04/09/2021
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03/24/2021
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03/01/2021
Beautiful & not too long. Half day. 4 repels. |
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02/15/2021
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01/17/2021
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12/27/2020
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11/28/2020
This canyon was very short but had a lot of good rappels with straightforward anchors. The rappel where you go into a big hole in the ceiling was pretty cool. The hike up to the top is really cool and there are great views. This was Weston's first time rappelling which was pretty fun......definitely beginner friendly. There wasn't any water. My phone dropped out of my pocket on the final 80' rappel and smashed on a big rock at the bottom....that sucked. Was 3 hours car to car.....could have gone a little faster but there was a group in front of us. |
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11/27/2020
Good short canyon. Need at least one retrievable anchor. |
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10/27/2020
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10/18/2020
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10/18/2020
Ed, Tom, Lizzy, Alicia, and myself. AM run before heading home. Hike was pretty well worn in this time. We did the optional first rap instead of scramble. Beautiful again. Crazy hair at bottom of last rap. |
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10/17/2020
Second canyon of the day. Big repel at end |
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10/17/2020
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10/01/2020
As part of Jared Hillhouse's Advanced Canyoneering Class we hit this canyon. Always a favorite. I was able to set up and use a Fiddlestick after the 2nd rappel to bypass the semi-keeper pothole. |
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09/26/2020
loved it more the second time |
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09/04/2020
Approach is steep. |
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07/27/2020
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07/25/2020
Started at 11 am. Chad LaDow, Craig Caldwell and Mark Hartner went with. Finished at 2:30 pm |
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06/07/2020
keeper (?) was full. Stem over it for full value. We were by ourselves on a beautiful 80 degree day. Pretty short, only about 3 hours going at a slow pace. Did w Rosa. |
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05/30/2020
Completed with Nate Gregory, Tom Bugg, and Garret Porter |
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05/09/2020
Canyoneering chicks |
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04/13/2020
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03/27/2020
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03/27/2020
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03/27/2020
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03/26/2020
Sporty last anchor. 10/10. Not really slotty but magical. |
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03/25/2020
Great route. Easy and marked well. Water is avoidable. |
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03/16/2020
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02/27/2020
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02/27/2020
Hogwarts Canyon - 3A II North Wash, Utah. Quick Facts 10-13-12, 4 people, 1 Day (Travel time in route 4 hours) Relaxed pace and time to look at the alcove on exit. Time Required - 2.5 to 3.5 hours Distance - 1.3 miles Total, 0.3 miles Technical Rappels - 4 Rappels, Longest Rappel 90 feet. Elevation Range - 4060 - 4580 Feet Shuttle Required - No Vehicle - Passenger Permit Required - No Gear Used for Canyon Rappelling and anchor gear, Ropes and or pull cords for rappels up to 90 feet and 60 feet of 1 inch webbing for sling placement. General Comments Hogwarts is a short but very fun and scenic canyon worth the trip. Worth future revisits as well! There is one silo to cross but it is not too wide and is more of a galumph than a stem. While relatively easy it is still possible to slip down into the semi keeper pothole below. Keep a rope handy to help people across if needed. There generally will be little to no water in Hogwarts and the water is generally avoidable. While Hogwarts is rated an A canyon since there are places you may get your feet wet if you fail to avoid water when the canyon is wet. If there is a lot of recent rain you may find a couple spots to bridge / galumph to get over a pool. There are 3 drops near the head of the canyon that can be set as rappels and can add to the rap count. All 3 of these drops are easily bypassed on the RDC side making them completely optional. This route description does not call these rappels but some people may. Keep this in mind if your rap count differs from this description. Driving Directions To get to the Trailhead From the junction of highways 95 and 276 (about 25 miles south of Hanksville) drive southeast on highway 95 for 7.2 miles to the Hog Springs parking area on the right (pkHogSprings). This is a large parking area with bathrooms on the right. Park here to start the route. To leave the Exit Vehicle / Escape Pod No exit vehicle is needed. This is done as a loop route. Details The Approach: From Hog Springs parking area (pkHogSprings) walk west up Hog Canyon about 650 feet to a side ravine coming in from the left (south). From the side ravine (jHogWarts) look at the left (southeast) side to the large ravine / side canyon. Note a much smaller and more shallow ravine like feature running up the left (north) side of the large ravine. Leave the Hog Canyon drainage and route find your way up that smaller ravine paralleling the large ravine. The first 300 feet of the ascent is semi steep then it levels off a bit. About 900 feet from the Hog Canyon drainage the route drops into the large ravine you had been paralleling just above a large drop. From the top of the large drop (Hogwarts01) walk up canyon a little over 100 feet to the bottom of a rubble filled ramp going up the left (northeast) side. From the bottom of the rubble filled ramp (Hogwarts02) go about 200 feet to where it tops out on the next higher level. From the top of the ramp (Hogwarts03) route find your way southeast up the left side and find your way a few hundred feet up to the ridge above. Travel up the LUC side at an angle up away from the drainage and kind of contouring up canyon and up ridge at the same time. Once up on the ridge (Hogwarts04) follow south up the ridge then down to a shallow saddle a few hundred feet away. From this ridge you have good views down to the Hogwarts drainage about 500 feet to the east. From the shallow saddle (Hogwarts05) route find your way southeast down the ravine about 450 feet down into the Hogwarts drainage (yHogwartsTp). The Canyoneering / Technical Section: Once down in Hogwarts at the head of the canyon (yHogwartsTp) start north down canyon. Shortly down canyon is a short drop to bypass RDC before getting to a series of 3 drops to bypass on the RDC side. The three drops (Hogwarts06) can be rappelled if desired but all 3 easily bypassed on the RDC side. If rappelled the first drop is about 40 feet. There are rocks, bushes and other options for these drops if you decide to set anchors for rappel. Otherwise bypass and downclimb around each of these on the RDC side. Rap 1 is about 250 feet down canyon. Rap 1 (dHogwartsR1) you can rap down through the water course over a two stage rap using one of many anchor options. We decided to avoid the water at the bottom and used an anchor from a large rock out a ways on the RDC rim to rap about 50 feet down to the canyon floor past the water. Rap 2 is about 150 feet down canyon. Rap 2 (dHogwartsR2) is anchored from a pinch between a large choke stone and the LDC wall and drops about 50 feet to the bottom. This arch is well worth the visit to rap through. From the bottom of rap 3 is a short scramble down to a sandy area that can have water if full from recent rains. Just after rap 2 is some galumphing down to a silo (Hogwarts07) you need to stem over. The stem over the silo is not too wide and is more of a galumph than a stem. While relatively easy it is still possible to slip down into the semi keeper pothole below. Keep a rope handy to help people across if needed. After is short section to galumph down through before getting to a sandy area where you walk out to the next rap. Rap 3 (dHogwartsR3) is anchored from an arch between pockets in the wall on the RDC side back from the drop a bit and about head high then drops about 75 feet and over a couple ledges. From the bottom of rap 3 it is a 300 foot walk out to rap 4. Rap 4 (dHogwartsR4) is anchored from a large flat rock laying on the RDC rim and drops about 90 feet with some free hang on the upper half.  From the bottom of the rap walk the wash about 300 feet out to North Wash and the highway (yHogwartsBt). The Exit: From the North Wash drainage (yHogwartsBt) You can scramble up to the highway on the other side then turn left to walk northwest about 0.34 miles back to the car. Optionally you can turn left and walk up the drainage of North Wash about 900 feet up to a huge alcove (HogAlcove) up on the bank for a scenic walk through. The alcove / arch is huge and is pretty interesting to check out. After looking at the arch continue up the North Wash drainage back to the cars. |
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01/27/2020
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11/25/2019
A little tricky to find the spur off the main trail. Fantastic rappel below the arch. The keeper was dry after the second rappel so we missed the rappel anchor above and saw it after we were through. The last rappel anchor is a sketchy. A pile of rocks on a large rock slab perched on a mild slope.. If there was ever a need for bolted anchors, This would be an ideal situation. |
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09/21/2019
U of U Canyoneering Level 2 - Led 5 students through |
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09/20/2019
U of U Canyoneering Level 2 - Led 6 students through, along with Spencer Clegg. |
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09/13/2019
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06/03/2019
Decent partial scramble approach; the larger cluster of trees after coming down from the top of the scramble offers a good place to suit up. Semi-keeper pot hole would be a stem option once you see what it looks like. Cross to the road prior to or just after the petroglyph alcove to avoid getting feet wet. Really nice rappels with some free hang at the end. |
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05/31/2019
Rough, steep approach. Do when cool. Mandy can do. Fun rappels. |
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05/27/2019
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05/04/2019
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04/27/2019
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04/14/2019
Completed with Sarah Vancouwenberghe, Ryan Konesky, Danny Ryan, and Timmy Ryan |
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04/08/2019
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04/07/2019
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03/15/2019
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03/15/2019
Went with Matt, Jordan, and Landon. It had been raining the previous week and there was some standing water that we were able to avoid. |
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03/01/2019
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10/13/2018
Led down group of 4, used 120 and pull cord. full canyon but avoided all water. |
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10/09/2018
fall break car camping trip |
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07/28/2018
Completed with Nick Wrzesinski and Andrew Stoye along with Left Fork of Blarney |
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05/27/2018
Worth seeing once. Pretty, easy, and fun. |
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04/14/2018
Canyoneering II |
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03/31/2018
The anchors are super low which make it a little awkward. I took my dog and it was pretty rough managing her with the low anchors. Other than that a great short canyon with fun repels |
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03/19/2018
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03/12/2018
BEAUTIFUL! Epic rappel through a huge arch! Super short and easy to access! |
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03/11/2018
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01/12/2018
Completed with Devin Stratton, Dallin Hill, Andrew Petersen, and Alicia Card for Bail our Belt filming |
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11/23/2017
Thanksgiving family adventure |
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10/21/2017
awesome rappel! Did it with Bennett, Nathan, Steph, Abbie, another girl, Dingus Dave, and his friend. |
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09/10/2017
Fun little canyon with Joel, Syna, Whitney and me. Steep short approach, fast rappels right after another, fairly open, was dry. The bridge was really cool |
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05/20/2017
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05/13/2017
https://youtu.be/B5Zcxagz1bY Fun trip watch for the jawa |
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05/11/2017
The last rappel is 95' not 89', more like a moab canyon not much slot but beautiful |
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05/06/2017
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04/30/2017
Lee Katherine Goldstein, Hendrick Schmidt, Erek Burek |
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04/18/2017
Sweet and short canyon! Accidentally brought a 30m rope instead of a 60m (I know, I know). We got through the 1st 2 raps fine, went off the side on the 3rd and downclimbed the rest. 4th rap one of us went off single strand and noticed we could stop off at a ledge. Pulling the rope was an ordeal. Went to the car and got another rope to tie to one end to help with the pull angle. We made it out fine, luckily. Read the directions carefully, kids! |
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04/07/2017
Tracy, Judy, Liz and I. Route finding seemed random but Tracy led the way having done it before. Weather seemed soso but held off with no rain at all. Liz had a hard time w/ her height at the semi-keeper pot hole. Fun rappels, cool arches. |
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04/07/2017
First ever! Super fun. I struggled over the semi keeper pot hole but Heidi Haas gave me the hand to help me succeed. |
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03/30/2017
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03/10/2017
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11/19/2016
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11/12/2016
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05/27/2016
First canyon ever! Nervous on the first rap, got used to it after, very fun. Team: Dylan, Todd, Megan, Logan, Lily, Jamin, Jonnah, Kyle. |
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05/12/2016
Great afternoon canyon, we loved the rappels |
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03/19/2016
Went with Brian Merrell and Landon. It was Brian's first canyon. He wasn't a huge fan of rapping off a mini arch in a big boulder but he did it. |
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10/09/2015
Sweet canyon! Fun rapping through the arch. |
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10/01/2015
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09/24/2015
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05/29/2015
did 1st time solo in fall 2014 did 2nd time in may 2015 |
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05/23/2015
This was my first canyoneering trip. Went with experienced climbers no issues and a great time. |
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04/15/2015
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04/02/2015
what a classic canyon to do. Just pure fun! |
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11/08/2014
Finished up a day with a quick trip through this canyon |
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10/01/2014
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09/21/2013
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08/17/2013
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03/27/2010
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11/07/2009
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05/09/0021
Fun little short canyon. Never really stuffed rope back in the bag till the end. |
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10/07/0020
3hc2c, bill,roxy,pie,me. dry, notkeeper.took 100ft&PC. |
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04/11/0019
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