User | canyoneeringmonkey

Really cool canyon, w/ kai. Right before pothole it slots up. Pothole was completely dry, filled with sand, and easy climb out. No rappels. 3hr 35min

With Kai, again struggled to find rappel. Great hike and rappel. 2 hours

With Kai. Did simul rappel off arch, super fun and safe. There was a quick-link off a tree in the middle. Great first one for people, plus a cool arch and hike. 1hr 35min

Left Fork- With Kai. Pretty chill, and super fun. Encountered some water, but was raining in the morning. Started raining on the way out and that was fun. Would be great camping at the TH. 2hr 41min.

With Kai, second favorite of the 3. Cool section at the end. probably total time about 3 hours. Exit felt long

With Kai. Long repels, some dark sections that were cool. Overall thought nothing special, least favorite out of three. about 1.5 hours-took shorter exit

Down climbed whole canyon, really neat one. Favorite out of the 3. Exit chill with the shortcut. about 1.5 hours probably. Would repeat. Cool slickrock camping at this TH, but windy

We all loved this canyon, mostly a hike with amazing repels! Next time we would do the scramble in earlier to make it less hiking. Used 40m, 90m ropes plus 60m pull cord. Would for sure do again. With Lex, Mikey, and Brenden - 4hr 49min

Little Blue Loop- Didn’t live up to the hype in our opinion, still cool short canyon with 2 nice slot repels into dark chambers. Used a 40m and 20m ropes and 60m pull cord. With Lex, Mikey, Brenden, and Caleb - 3hr 13min

North Fork- Great Canyon! Nothing super narrow and very pretty. Some partner assists and used 20m and 60m ropes plus 60m pull cord. Tried to shuttle the hike out, ended up having to hike back around but might be some way up.. couldn’t find it this time though. Long hike back and GPS route not the best. With Lex, Mikey, Brenden, Caleb, and Josh.- 5hr 19min

Bring a 40m rope next time lol. Water this time, great canyon! It’s super tight!! Especially at the end. With Lex, Mikey, Brenden, Caleb and Josh - 5hr 22min

South Fork- Descended to the top of the first rappel, not that cool or fun- lots of sand hiking. Doesn't look like anyone comes here. Would come back with ascenders to descend and ascend whole canyon. With Lex and Caleb- 2hr 10min

Ran all 3, 7up was for sure R rated, but all pretty secure stemming No ropes, partner assisted first obstacle in 5 for drive. Lots of hot hiking, river so nice at the end. With Lex, Mikey, Brenden, and Caleb - about 5 hr

South Fork- super fun canyon, would repeat. Last 2 repels are worth it. With Lex, Mikey, and Brenden - 2hr 51min - 40m rope and pull cord. Nice camping @ TH

Favorite canyon of this trip, would for sure repeat. For sure wet suits, with lots of jumping into pot holes and swimming. Brought 20m rope and pull cord just in case, but didn’t use pull cord. Short cut exit a bit sketch coming down but not horrible. With Lex- 4hr 3min. OK camping at TH

Cool shorter slot, lots of great down climbing. Good beginner canyon. Nice repels and hike out, not too bad. With Lex, Mikey, and Brenden - 2hr 19min

North fork- descent and ascent just to where south fork comes in, 1 hr. With Lex, realized we don't know how to ascend ropes, but pretty easy climbs with one overhang. Every rope was fixed except 1.

Fun short slot, didn’t use ropes, but glad we had wetsuits. Went under the chalkstone. With Lex - 1 hr 46min

with dad and niklas. Cool rappels, but not our favorite. Did a side trip to the Emerald Pools to check out heaps' final repel. No trouble with the rope pull in the final rappel. 5hr 30min

- With dad and niklas. First tracks for the season! A brutal approach from the right side, I would not go this way again... Awesome canyon!! Made it even with some blunders. The water level wasn't so high, quite a bit of pothole escapes. 8hr 52min

- With dad and niklas. So many cars at TH, and rough driving at end. Definitely needed wetsuits! Golden Cathedral was the coolest. Camping by the Escalante River on the approach would be cool, nice approach once past the river. 5hr 25min

with dad and niklas. wore drysuits and super busy.

With dad and niklas. Direct route !! Water levels maybe half full, glad we had wetsuits. Super hot long walk out, go left in ramp canyon during the climbing section. 5hr 57min

with dad, 3hr 19min. first time using sand traps!! starting at leprechaun upper TH (15 min approach from there). Good campsite too. Super fun and good first sand trap canyon.

with dad, did simul rappel!! soo sick and super easy would do again. 3hr 15min. Next time start from the closer trail head at the radio tower on San Flats Road.

with dad, super fun. 8hr 5min. meeks mesa exit not bad. brought 60m and pull cord but only used 60m double strand bc of leftover rope on last repel. would do again, cool but windy and cold campsite @ TH.

with dad, crux was scary but doable and super fun. 6hr 9min. approach was long but worth it, road pretty rough need good car. Campsites along road to trailhead looked sick.

With mikey and brenden, shuttled. Took us 5hr 34min with major pull cord snarl at end. Fun easy canyon, brought 40m and 60m ropes with pull cord.

With dad. Hard and fun canyon. lots of potholes. Water level low, couple of swimmers. Started from hidden splendor TH. TH great campsite next to the river. 9hr

With dad. Super fun canyon, would be good in the evening. TH good campsite. would do again. 2hr 56min

With dad. So fun, he got stuck. VERY narrow, stemming high is better. Would be a good TH campsite. 2hr 50min

With dad. Pretty easy fun canyon. Long hike out with rope for moki exit. 4hr 4min

Super sick canyon. Remember to put wetsuits on before the first rappel lol. Would repeat, nice trail on hike out. With Kai- 2hr 54min

again, w/ kai

Great canyon- would repeat. Cool rapels, with Caleb and Canden- 2hr 58min

Cool rapel, plus some side missions. With Caleb and canden- 2hr 32min

Middle Fork- super fun, scenic canyon. Hiked from the bottom, would repeat. With Caleb and Canden- 3hr 57min

Long, narrow sections. There was a rapel on the grim climb. with canden- 5hr 44min.

Very hot hike up 4x4 trail. last rapel full overhung 60m. With Maria and Canden- 2hr 42min

Fun canyon with cool rappels. actually lost on exit- no gps. With canden- 2hr 32min

sent on a whim.. bailed out of pothole section. With canden- 7hr

w/ canden, flip flops

w/ canden first canyon this spring