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Combined with Cassidy Arch Canyon for a fantastic day!
This canyon is short, but fun. We rapped off a tree that was quite a ways back from the lip and used a fiddlestick, 120' rope and pull cord to avoid damaging the tree and leaving behind webbing. No water in canyon.
During four days of canyoneering in the park, this is the only canyon where we saw other groups. On the first drop, which some people downclimb, we rapped off a tree using a fiddlestick - it worked great. Anchors and webbing for the other rappels were in good shape. The approach was a bit tricky, working our way up the ledges and then towards the canyon, Ryan's map (on his phone app) was a big help,
Very short, but a fun canyon to do when you have a couple of hours to kill.
Fun, beautiful and dog-friendly. This was a great warm-up to four days of canyoneering in Capitol Reef.
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