Warning the large chokestone between repel 3 and 4 is not secure when i was down climbing i grabbed it from the back and it started to roll forward i just let go pushed away into the pool and it returned to its spot In other news keeper hole wasnt bad pushed off the backside to breach Dead sheep is just skin and bones now approach is amazing So errie hiking the closed and now unmaintained observation point trail out since weeping rock has closed

There's two or three camp areas at West Fork that could be big enough for your group, depending on how much you want to spread out Not much shade Good news is it'll be cold first week of April and you'll want sunLarry is probably the classic nearby for a big group of beginners with semi-experienced leaders

Great canyon, but i think we need to add a few waypoints to the GPS coordinates to the exit And people stop building random rock cairns! they are everywhere out there after the moki steps we invented our own exit which was a lot easier we went out near the south fork trail head you can stay higher longer The last rappel for us was 115' i gps'd it and marked it on the rope if you try and fold a 200' rope without blocking up top you can get yourself into trouble unless those rocks at the bottom decided to move up the...

Ah, Sandthrax! What do you write as an introduction to a canyon that needs no introduction Well, first off, a little about the history of the canyon Steve Allen descended it back in the day, calling it Dog Gone Then, in 2001, an ill-fated group Shane Burrows, Hank Moon, and Chris Raver tried to descend the canyon They were stopped by the climbing crux, spent the night engineering a route out the side using bolts and free climbing, and reached the rim just about the time Search and Rescue were going to reach them Th...

Is the top 10m of the big rappel free-hanging or is it possible to pass a knot Reason I ask is my longest rope is a Imlay 75m 240 feet, so was thinking of extending 10m off the anchor with another rope, which would mean the person rappelling would need to transfer their rappel device across the knot joining the two ropes together I've done it before with a free-hanging rappel it it's pretty fiddly!

Ancient Art has to be one of the most unique summits around Easily recognized, it is often photographed This is a climb you must do if you are looking for a unique and breathtaking moderate climbing experience Though the Cutler Sandstone that makes up the route is not known for its stellar free climbing, this route has been done enough to be quite clean and solid That being said, this is a serious climb that requires trad climbing experience and judgment There have been some accidents on the route from inexperience...

One of the more outlandish moderate routes around Moab, Happy Turk Hoodoo is an easy aid route up a photogenic ice cream cone shaped tower It is also known as the Golf Ball for obvious reasons This one is photogenic and fun! The route is essentially a bolt ladder, C1, though some trickery might be involved in clipping the first bolt as it is a bit high, and there is a little free climbing at the top Do this one before the tower eventually falls down in a year, 10 years, 1000 years, who knows

Two things really impressed me about Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, near Alamo, Nevada The first is that the refuge offers free camping, with small developed sites that each offer great shoreline access to Upper Pahranagat Lake I was surprised to find free developed camping less than an hour and a half from Las Vegas, and happy to be able to find a site on Thanksgiving day though the campground filled up by the end of the day The second thing I thought was really cool was how the refuge pays tribute to and in...

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Amazing slot canyon loop if you do PAB and Spooky Make sure you hang a left out of spooky to get you back to the trail that heads back up tothe parking lot Parking got a pretty crowded this Memorial day weekend Probably better to visit on a non-holiday weekend