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blakemerrell

blakemerrell

Contact

3 Karma

Favorite Website

https://www.facebook.com/blakemerrell

Favorite Trips

Canyoneering/ Backpacking

Location

Spanish Fork, Ut

blakemerrell's Trip Reports


Tick List

1 trip Woody Canyon - Trachyte Area
Date: 05/11/2013
Loved this canyon. It was completely full of water. With the canyon in this condition I found it quite easy. all the potholes were swimmers. Beautiful and fun!
1 trip The Squeeze - San Rafael Swell
Date: 08/25/2012
AWESOME!!!!! It was full of water and we had the time of our life. VERY beautiful slot canyon!
1 trip Pleiades Canyon - Moab
Date: 07/28/2012
Gotta be one of the best Slot Canyons I have ever done! Love this canyon. Short and VERY SWEET!
1 trip Medieval Chamber - Moab
Date: 02/18/2012
Absolutely LOVE this hike! the simul rap of the arch is a classic! not sure many rappels can beat that one :)
1 trip Tierdrop Canyon - Arches National Park
Date: 02/18/2012
Awesome time had in this canyon!
1 trip Pine Creek - Zion Main Canyon
Date: 09/29/2011
Gotta be once of the most amazing slot canyons in the world!It is a Zion classic! Loved having all the water in the canyon.
5 trip3 trip The Chute of Muddy Creek - Southern Swell
Date: 06/11/2011
Gotta be the coolest float I have ever done! The SRS never ceases to amaze me! I love having this as my backyard!
3 trip Angels Landing - Zion Main Canyon
Date: 01/01/2008
Gotta be one of the most stunning hikes in the world! This was my first ever hike in Zion, and I fell in love!
5 trip3 trip Little Grand Canyon - Northern Swell
Date: 05/01/2007
I had dreamed about floating this river ever since I was a boy and had looked down upon the river from the Wedge Overlook. Finally, after years of dreaming I rounded up a group to do this float. It was so fun and so beautiful! I just Can't get enough of the SRS
1 trip Upper Black Box - San Rafael Swell
Date: 05/01/2002
This was my first canyoneering experience. I was a freshmen in college and a school teacher from CEU took a group of us through this canyon. Needless to say, it was the beginning of a LOVE for hiking canyons!
3 trip Little Wild Horse Canyon / Bell Canyon - San Rafael Swell
Date: 01/01/1995
My love of Slot Canyons started with this canyon as a Boy Scout!
4 trip Wedge Overlook - Northern Swell
Date: 07/25/1983
I was born here! Well, not really, but this is gotta be one of my most favorite places in the whole world! I grew up in Castle Dale, Ut and this is only a few miles from my house. My love for the out-of-doors is largely due to this area of the world!